1982 in Belgium

Events in the year 1982 in Belgium.

Incumbents

Events

8 May – Gilles Villeneuve dies in a crash at Circuit Zolder qualifying for the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix
30 September – Brabant killers shoot and kill a policeman while robbing a gun dealer in Wavre
10 October – Municipal elections

Publications

OECD, Economic Surveys, 1981–1982: Belgium, Luxembourg.
H. Lemaitre, ''Les gouvernements belges de 1968 à 1980: processus de crise''

Births

2 January – Hassan Mourhit, athlete
4 January – Mélanie Cohl, singer
26 February – Rose Berryl, writer
15 April – Marie Kremer, actress
30 April – Pascaline Crêvecoeur, actress
1 June – Justine Henin, tennis player
24 July – Élise Crombez, model
28 July – Jonas Geirnaert, cartoonist
6 August – Kevin van der Perren, figure skater
31 August – Thomas van den Balck, hockey player
18 September – Maxime Luycx, hockey player
26 September – Axel Hirsoux, singer
4 October – Lola Danhaive, hockey player
9 October – Laurent Micheli, director
7 November – Mahinur Ozdemir, politician
9 December – Nathalie De Vos, athlete
10 December - Mélanie Martins, singer
17 December – Virginie Claes, beauty queen

Deaths

5 February – Wies Moens, activist
2 April – Max de Vaucorbeil, film director
7 April – Frédéric Bremer, neurophysiologist
14 May – Marcel-Henri Jaspar, politician
8 August – Ferre Grignard, singer
10 August – Sim Viva, singer and actress
17 August – Camille Bulcke, missionary
9 October – Omer Becu, trade unionist
18 October – Maurice Gilliams, writer
4 November – Mireille Versele, cystic fibrosis campaigner
25 November – Léon Vleurinck, rower
3 December – Gaston Mesmaekers, equestrian