At this year's MedCup, the first international medical competition, two pairs of VUB students excelled in Brussels among more than 200 participants from some 40 Belgian and foreign universities.
In 1951-1952, for the first time ever, a predominantly Belgian scientific expedition set out to explore the inland waterways of the Arabian peninsular.
When the successful Belgian novelist Barbara Abel co-wrote a screenplay with writer Sophia Perié, the result was Attraction, a series that won the Best Foreign French Fiction Award at La Rochelle Fict
In the 1960s, the notorious Zodiac Killer, an American serial killer, caused a panic in Southern California. He claimed to have killed 37 people, five of whom have been confirmed.