Events in the year 1979 in Belgium.
Incumbents Monarch: Baudouin Prime Minister: Paul Vanden Boeynants (to 3 April); Wilfried Martens (from 3 April)
Events 13 June – In Marckx v Belgium the European Court of Human Rights finds for the plaintiff, Paula Marckx, that Belgian inheritance law is unfair to unmarried mothers and their children. 25 June – Red Army Faction fail to assassinate Alexander Haig, Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, with a bomb in Casteau
Art & architecture Cinema Harpya, written and directed by Raoul Servais
Publications Rita Lejeune and Jacques Stiennon (eds.), La Wallonie, le Pays et les Hommes: Lettres, Arts, Culture, vol. 2 (La Renaissance du Livre, Brussels)
Births 5 January – Liesbet De Vocht, former road bicycle racer 3 February – Wouter Vrancken, footballer 24 February – Nabil Ben Yadir, film director, 19 March – Stan Van Samang, actor and singer 10 May – Marieke Vervoort, Paralympic athlete 31 May – Jean-François Gillet, footballer 21 July – Laurent Delorge, footballer 29 August – Stijn Devolder, road bicycle racer 8 September – Frederik Willems, cyclist 13 September – Geike Arnaert, singer 27 December – Ann Van Elsen, model
Deaths 11 February – Marie Delcourt (born 1891), classicist 25 February – Marguerite Massart (born 1900), engineer 10 May – Louis Paul Boon (born 1912), novelist
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