Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/February/February 21


 * 1944: birth of Herman de Coninck, poet and literary critic
 * 1946: World War II collaborator José Streel is executed by firing squad
 * 1947: birth of Hugo Coveliers, politician
 * 1954: birth of Ivo Van Damme, middle distance runner, double silver medalist at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, remembered in the annual Memorial Van Damme athletics meeting in Brussels
 * 1957: birth of Stijn Coninx, film director, best known for Daens
 * 1986: birth of Prince Amedeo of Belgium