Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/August/August 1


 * 1191: death of Philip of Alsace, Count of Flanders
 * 1580: death of Everard Mercurian, fourth (and first non Spanish) Superior General of the Society of Jesus
 * 1901: birth of Gérard Blitz, sportsman, winner of two silver and one bronze medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp and the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris
 * 1927: birth of André Cools, politician, former president of the Parti Socialiste, murdered in 1991
 * 1973: birth of Veerle Dejaeghere, athlete
 * 1985: the Silco incident: the family Houtekin-Kets is kidnapped by Palestinian terrorists and is captured in Libya until 1991
 * 2003: death of Guy Thys, soccer player and coach, coach of the Belgium national football team for 101 matches between 1976 and 1989 and again between 1900 and 1991, reaching the semi-finals of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico