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Anniversaries/May
1330
: birth of
William I, Duke of Bavaria
(pictured)
,
Count of Hainaut
1626
: birth of Father
Louis Hennepin
, missionary, the first European to describe the
Niagara Falls
1964
: birth of
Bart Somers
, politician, former
Minister-President of Flanders
between 2003 and 2004, and as of 2006 chairman of the
VLD
, one of the main
Flemish
political parties
1978
: in
Zaïre
, rebels occupy the city of
Kolwezi
, the mining center of the province of
Shaba
. The government of Zaïre asks the
U.S.
,
France
and
Belgium
to restore order.
1983
: birth of
Axel Hervelle
, basketball player with
Real Madrid
and drafted in the
NBA
by the
Denver Nuggets
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