1954 in Belgium

none 1954 Events in the year 1954 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 (to 23 April); Achille Van Acker (from 23 April) Events April 11 April – general election reduces Christian Social Party majority 23 April – Socialist-Liberal coalition under Achille Van Acker takes office August 29-30 August – Minister of Education Léo Collard sacks 110 school teachers with teaching qualifications from Catholic institutions September 13-18 September – Tenth Solvay Conference on Physics held in Brussels, chaired by Lawrence Bragg October 23 October – Paris Protocol agreed, transforming the Brussels Pact into the Western European Union (with Germany and Italy joining).H.F. van Panhuys, L.J. Brinkhorst, and H.H. Maas (eds.), International Organisation and Integration (Deventer and Leyden, 1968), p. 905. Publications Hergé, Explorers on the Moon, Tintin album (serialised 1952–1953) Georges Simenon, Maigret à l'école and Maigret et la Jeune Morte Art and architecture René Magritte, L'Empire des lumières Births 18 January – Jeanine De Landtsheer, classicist (died 2021) 8 March – Daniel Ducarme, politician (died 2010) 10 March – Luc Dardenne, film-maker 12 April – Steve Stevaert politician (died 2015) 7 May – Philippe Geluck, comedian and cartoonist 13 May – René Stockman, psychiatrist and religious superior Deaths 17 March – Victor Rousseau (born 1865), sculptor 18 April – Denis Verschueren (born 1897), cyclist 18 June – André Benoit (born 1900), cyclist 5 October – Flor Alpaerts (born 1876), composer References 1954 Category:1950s in Belgium Belgium Category:Years of the 20th century in Belgium Belgium