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 * 1070: death of Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders
 * 1119: death of Baldwin VII, Count of Flanders
 * 1579: death of Johannes Stadius, astronomer and mathematician
 * 1894: birth of Georges Lemaître, astronomer, originator of the Big Bang theory
 * 1903: Land speed record set in Ostend to 134.32 km/h
 * 1938: birth of Hermann, comics creator
 * 1949: birth of Urbanus, comedian
 * 1975: birth of Cécile de France, actress, starred in Around the World in 80 Days
 * 1977: birth of Leif Hoste, cyclist, winner of the KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde and two times Belgium National Time Trial Champion