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Appearance
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- 1626: birth of Lucas Achtschellinck, landscape painter
- 1939: birth of Jean Van Hamme, comics author of Largo Winch, Thorgal and XIII
- 1971: death of Philippe Thys, cyclist, three times winner of the Tour de France