- 1925: birth of Pierre Baugniet, figure skater, winner of the gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London
- 1926: the NMBS/SNCB, Belgium's national railway operator, is founded
- 1972: cyclist Eddy Merckx wins the Tour de France, two other Belgians finish in the top ten of the General Classification, Merckx also wins the maillot vert and Lucien Van Impe wins the maillot à pois rouges
- 1974: birth of Rik Verbrugghe, cyclist, winner of stages in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia
