Events in the year 1987 in Belgium.
Incumbents Monarch: Baudouin Prime Minister: Wilfried Martens
Events 6 March – Herald of Free Enterprise disaster off Zeebrugge 30 March – Nicole Van Goethem's A Greek Tragedy wins Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 59th Academy Awards 1 September – Royal order prohibiting smoking in roofed public spaces comes into force. 21 October – Government falls over Voeren crisis 13 December – 1987 Belgian general election
Publications Geert Bekaert, Landschap van kerken: 10 eeuwen bouwen in Vlaanderen (Leuven, Davidsfonds), with photographs by Lieve Blancquaert Bettie Vanhoudt, Éléments de Description du Leke: Langue Bantoue de Zone C (Tervuren, Royal Museum for Central Africa)
Births 13 April - Steven De Vuyst, politician 24 May – Déborah François, actress 23 July – Julien Ribaudo, politician
Deaths 16 July – Pierre Lardinois (born 1924), politician
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