Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/November/November 9
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- 1641: death of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand, governor of the Netherlands, in Brussels
- 1943: The Belgian Resistance published a famous spoof newspaper, distributed across Brussels, known as the "Faux Soir" (pictured)
- 1956: birth of Lei Clijsters, soccer player, winner of the European Cup Winners Cup, played 40 times for the Belgium national football team: he is also the father of tennis player Kim Clijsters
- 1985: final and most bloody attack by the Nijvel gang, killing 8 people at a supermarket in Aalst
- 2005: death of Muriel Degauque, first Belgian female suicide bomber, in Iraq