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Belgium in 1976

Historical records for Belgium in 1976, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

6Records
6Events
3Named people
3Places
3Categories

Historical records

May

5 May 1976Cup Winners' Cup Final Two GoalsFrancois Van der Elst

Brussels · Sport / Football

Scores twice in Anderlecht's 4-2 European Cup Winners' Cup final victory over West Ham United.

August

30 August 1976Super Cup Second-Leg GoalFrancois Van der Elst

Brussels · Sport / Football

Scores in Anderlecht's 4-1 second-leg victory over Bayern Munich in the UEFA Super Cup.

Other Events

1976Ebola Virus InvestigationPeter Piot

Yambuku · Science / Medicine

Participates in investigation of the first recognized Ebola outbreak.

1976First Complete Viral GenomeWalter Fiers

Ghent · Science / Technology

Completes the nucleotide sequence of an entire RNA virus genome.

1976MS2 Genome SequenceWalter Fiers

Ghent · Science / Technology

Demonstrates comprehensive genetic analysis of a complete viral organism.

1976Yambuku Outbreak ResearchPeter Piot

Yambuku · Science / Medicine

Helps identify transmission patterns and control measures for the new disease.

Names involved

Francois Van der ElstPeter PiotWalter Fiers

Places involved

BrusselsGhentYambuku

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.