< Portal:Belgium < Anniversaries < May 
- 1330: birth of William I, Duke of Bavaria (pictured), Count of Hainaut
- 1626: birth of Father Louis Hennepin, missionary, the first European to describe the Niagara Falls
- 1964: birth of Bart Somers, politician, former Minister-President of Flanders between 2003 and 2004, and as of 2006 chairman of the VLD, one of the main Flemish political parties
- 1978: in Zaïre, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba. The government of Zaïre asks the U.S., France and Belgium to restore order.
- 1983: birth of Axel Hervelle, basketball player with Real Madrid and drafted in the NBA by the Denver Nuggets
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.