1958 in Belgium
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Events in the year 1958 in Belgium.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Baudouin
- Prime Minister – Achille Van Acker (to 26 June); Gaston Eyskens (from 26 June)
Events
- January
- 1 January – Treaty of Rome establishing European Economic Community comes into force.
- February
- 3 February – Treaty creating Benelux Economic Union signed, to come into force 1 November 1960, providing for free movement of workers, capital, services, and goods between Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.[1]
- March
- 12 March – Fud Leclerc comes sixth in the Eurovision Song Contest, singing "Ma petite chatte".
- April
- 4 April – Tourist information office opens on the Place de Brouckère, Brussels.[2]:175
- 12 April – Bokrijk open-air museum opens.
- 17 April – King Baudouin opens Expo 58, the first major World’s Fair since the Second World War.[2]:184
- May
- 28 May – Real Madrid win the European Cup Final against A.C. Milan in the Heysel Stadium, Brussels
- June
- 1 June – General election held: Christian Democrats become the largest group in parliament.
- 15 June – Tony Brooks wins the 19th Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps.
- 26 June
- 45th Tour de France starts in Brussels.[2]:164
- Gaston Eyskens replaces Achille Van Acker as Prime Minister.
- July
- 20–23 July – World Archery Championships held in Brussels.
- October
- November
- 6 November – Political agreement reached on post-war reforms to educational policy, ending a period of contention known as the "Second School War".
- December
- 11 December – Dominique Pire receives the Nobel Peace Prize.[3]
Performances
- May
- 2 May – Annie Fischer performs at Expo58.[2]:160
- June
- 22 June – Galina Ulanova performs at Expo58.[2]:160
- 24 June – Amália Rodrigues performs at Expo58.[2]:160
References
- ↑ H.F. van Panhuys, L.J. Brinkhorst, and H.H. Maas (eds.), International Organisation and Integration (Deventer and Leyden, 1968), p. 978.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Gonzague Pluvinage, Expo 58: Between Utopia and Reality (Racine, 2008)
- ↑ https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1958/pire-lecture.html
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