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1996 in Belgium

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1996
in
Belgium

Decades:
See also:Other events of 1996
List of years in Belgium

Events from the year 1996 in Belgium

Incumbents

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Events

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  • 27 February – A multiple-vehicle collision occurred on the E17 near Nazareth, with 10 deaths the worst traffic accident in Belgium[1]
  • 13 August – Child-murderer Marc Dutroux arrested
  • 20 October – White March: approximately 300,000 people demonstrate to protest police and judicial inefficiency and demand improved child protection in the wake of the Dutroux affair.

Publications

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  • David A. Boileau, Cardinal Mercier: A Memoir (Peeters)[2]
  • A. G. Papadopoulos, Urban Regimes and Strategies: Building Europe's Central Executive District in Brussels (University of Chicago Press)[3]

Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ "Een muur van mist": 25 jaar geleden gebeurde kettingbotsing op E17 in Nazareth, grootste verkeersramp ooit in België, VRTNWS, 27 February 2021
  2. ^ Boileau, David A. (1996). Cardinal Mercier : A memoir. ISBN 9789068318623.
  3. ^ Urban regimes and strategies : Building Europe's central executive district in Brussels. 1996. ISBN 9780226645599.