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Anniversaries/July
1387
: death of
Franz Ackerman
, rebel leader in
Ghent
in the fights against the
French
1478
: birth of
Philip I of Castile
, ruler over most of current Belgium, father of
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
1610
: death of
Pedro Henriquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes
,
Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
1929
: death of
Baron Empain
, entrepreneur, founder of the modern
Heliopolis
1953
: birth of
René Vandereycken
, soccer player and coach, played 50 times for the
Belgium national football team
which he coaches as of 2006
1963
: birth of
Olivier Gourmet
, actor, winner of the Best Male Actor award at the
Cannes Film Festival
1974
: cyclist
Eddy Merckx
wins the
Tour de France
, two other
Belgians
,
Michel Pollentier
and
Herman Van Springel
, also end in the top ten of the
General Classification
1980
: birth of
Kate Ryan
, singer
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