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- 1507: birth of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
- 1878: birth of Alexander von Falkenhausen, governor-general of Belgium during the German occupation in World War II
- 1946: birth of André Dierickx, cyclist, twice winner of La Flèche Wallonne
- 1999: death of Michel Regnier, better known as Greg, comics author of Bernard Prince, editor-in-chief of Tintin magazine