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See also: | Other events of 1956 List of years in Belgium |
Events from the year 1956 in Belgium
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 7 June – Labour Treaty signed at The Hague establishing free movement of labour between Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, to come into force 1 November 1960.[1]
- 8 August – Mining accident of Marcinelle claims 262 lives, including 136 Italian foreign workers
Publications
[edit]- L. Petilllon, Belgium's Policy in the Belgian Congo (New York, Belgian Government Information Center)[2]
Births
[edit]- 19 June – Mireille Versele, cystic fibrosis campaigner (died 1982)
- 23 September – Serge Noël, poet (died 2020)
Deaths
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Daniel C. Turack, "Freedom of Movement and the Travel Document in Benelux", International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 17:1 (Jan. 1968), pp. 197-198.
- ^ "Belgiums Policy in the Belgian Congo". New York; Belgian Government Information Center. 1956.