1953 in Belgium

none 1953 Events in the year 1953 in Belgium. Incumbents Monarch – BaudouinBaudouin I king of Belgium https://www.britannica.com/biography/Baudouin-I Encyclopedia Britannica 28 March 2019 en Prime Minister – Jean Van Houtte Events 31 January to 1 February – North Sea flood damages Belgian coastal defences, killing 28 9 April – Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927–2005) marries Prince Jean of Luxembourg (1921–2019), with civil registration in the Grand Ducal Palace and a nuptial mass in Notre-Dame Cathedral, Luxembourg 14 October – Sabena Convair Crash 24 October – Firedamp explosion in the Many pit in Seraing, owned by Ougrée-Marihaye, kills 26 (12 Belgians and 14 Italian immigrant workers)24 octobre 1953: catastrophe minière au charbonnage le Many, à Seraing, 26 morts http://connaitrelawallonie.wallonie.be/fr/histoire/timeline/24-octobre-1953-catastrophe-miniere-au-charbonnage-le-many-seraing-26-morts#.Xr_VisZS8Wo Paul Delforge wallonie.be Walloon Government 31 October – First public television broadcasts of the Belgian National Broadcasting Institute, from the Flagey Building in Brussels Publications Non-fiction Gustave Cohen, Le Théâtre français en Belgique au Moyen Âge (Brussels, La Renaissance du Livre) Paul Harsin, La Révolution liégeoise de 1789 Fiction Louis Paul Boon, De Kapellekensbaan Hergé, Explorers on the Moon, serialised 1952-1953 Georges Simenon, Feux rouges, Maigret et l'homme du banc, and Maigret se trompe Willy Vandersteen, De dolle musketiers, Suske & Wiske album (serialised 1952–1953) Art and architecture Paintings René Magritte, Golconda Performance 14 to 18 July – Théâtre National de Belgique production of Jean Giraudoux's Ondine at the Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith)., "Giraudoux, (Hippolyte) Jean", The Oxford Companion to the Theatre, edited by Phyllis Hartnoll, fourth edition (Oxford University Press, 1983), p. 336.J.P. Wearing, The London Stage 1950-1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel, second edition (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014), p. 241. Births 10 January Olga Zrihen, politician  Josiane Vanhuysse, cyclist 23 January – Carl Devlies, politician 26 January – Daniël Theys, glassmaker 1 February – Walter de Paduwa, radio DJ 21 February – Siegfried Bracke, politician 14 March – Dirk Van der Maelen, politician 3 April – Pieter Aspe, writer (died 2021) 5 April – Paul Broekx, Olympic canoer 11 April – Guy Verhofstadt, politician 1 May – Willy Linthout, comics author 7 May – Alain Brichant, tennis player 6 June – Jan Durnez, politician 30 June – Koen Fossey, illustrator 22 July – René Vandereycken, footballer 25 August – Georges De Moor, health statistician 20 September – André Delcroix, cyclist 26 September – Micha Marah, singer 27 September – Jean-Paul Comart, actor 9 October – Marcia De Wachter, economist 17 October Thierry Soumagne, fencer Claire Vanhonnacker, singer (died 1992) 27 October – Daniel Guldemont, martial artist 28 October – Jean-Marie Berckmans, writer (died 2008) 19 November – Didier de Chaffoy de Courcelles, businessman 20 November – Étienne De Beule, cyclist 4 December – Jean-Marie Pfaff, goalkeeper Deaths 6 January – Maurice Corneil de Thoran (born 1881), musician 9 January – Jean Brusselmans (born 1884), painter 17 January – Jean de Bosschère (born 1878), writer and painter 19 January – Jean Delville (born 1867), painter 11 March – Charles Saroléa (born 1870), philologist 26 March – Paul Loicq (born 1888), hockey administrator 16 May – Django Reinhardt (born 1910), jazz musician 2 June – Servais Le Roy (born 1865), entertainment 20 June – Henri de Man (born 1885), politician 25 June – Jules Van Nuffel (born 1883), priest and musicologist 12 July – Joseph Jongen (born 1873), composer 14 September – Pierre Nolf (born 1873), scientist 18 September – Charles de Tornaco (born 1927), racing driver 2 November – Émile Cammaerts (born 1878), writer References 1953 Category:1950s in Belgium Belgium Category:Years of the 20th century in Belgium Belgium