Expo 58 closes. November 6 November – Political agreement reached on post-war reforms to educational policy, ending a period of contention known as the "Second School War". 28 November – Patrice Lumumba declares in Léopoldville that "Independence is not a gift of Belgium but a fundamental right of the Congolese people." December 1 December – Francis Walder awarded the Prix Goncourt for his Saint-Germain ou la négociation. 11 December – Dominique Pire receives the Nobel Peace Prize. Full date unknown En 50 ans, documentary film is released. Publications Léon Kochnitzky, Negro Art in the Belgian Congo (New York, Belgian Government Information Center) Performances May 2 May – Annie Fischer performs at Expo58. June 22 June – Galina Ulanova performs at Expo58. 24 June – Amália Rodrigues performs at Expo58. August 20 August – First performance of Gian Carlo Menotti's Maria Golovin at Expo58. Film Nature documentary Les Seigneurs de la forêt – English version with narration by Orson Welles distributed internationally by 20th Century Fox as Lords of the Forest (UK) or Masters of the Congo Jungle (US) Births 16 July – Sabine de Bethune, politician 14 December – Jan Fabre, artist Deaths 6 January – Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium 11 April – Alfred De Taeye (born 1905), politician References 1950s in Belgium Belgium Years of the 20th century in Belgium Belgium