Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/October/October 2

1900: marriage of Albert I of Belgium and Elisabeth of Bavaria
1917: birth of Christian de Duve, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1974
1943: birth of Paul Van Himst, soccer player for R.S.C. Anderlecht and the Belgium national football team, winner of a record 4 Golden Shoe awards
1957: birth of Janry, comics artist of Spirou et Fantasio and Le Petit Spirou
1958: birth of Laurette Onkelinx, minister of Justice in the Belgian federal government
1998; death of Olivier Gendebien, race car driver, four times winner of the 24 hours of Le Mans
1984: first attack by the Communist Combatant Cells or CCC, a terrorist organization, notable for mainly targeting property and trying to avoid humans
2005: death of Bert Eriksson, neo-nazi
2005: tennis player Kim Clijsters wins the tournament of Luxembourg City for the fifth time