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856 : marriage of Judith Martel and Ethelwulf , King of Wessex 1189 : death of Gerard de Ridefort , Grand Master of the Knights Templar from 1184 on1532 : death of Jan Mabuse , painter1570 : death of Frans Floris , painter1578 : death of John of Austria , Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands 1638 : death of Jan Snellinck , painter and art collector1875 : birth of Eugeen Van Mieghem , painter, social artist, best known for depicting the harbour and scenes from World War I 1943 : birth of Raymond Langendries , politician, Minister of State1945 : first German language broadcast of the Belgian "National Institute for Radio", which would in 1977 lead to the creation of the Belgischer Rundfunk , aimed at the German speaking minority in the East of Belgium1956 : death of Stan Ockers , cyclist, World Champion in 1955, finished sescond in the Tour de France in 1950 and 1952
