The temperature on September 24, 1928 was between 4.0 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 28.2 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 3 » The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
July 7 » Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
Day of death October 6, 1997
The temperature on October 6, 1997 was between 9.1 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 28 » An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.
June 10 » Before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members.
July 2 » The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.
July 23 » Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.
August 10 » Sixteen people are killed when Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 crashes near Beigan Airport in the Matsu Islands of Taiwan.
October 12 » The Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria kills 43 people at a fake roadblock.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: Tijs van den Brink, "Parentele of Geurt Jacobs", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/geurt-jacobs/I146245.php : accessed February 25, 2026), "Willem Kok (1928-1997)".
Copy warning
Genealogical publications are copyright protected. Although data is often retrieved from public archives, the searching, interpreting, collecting, selecting and sorting of the data results in a unique product. Copyright protected work may not simply be copied or republished.
Please stick to the following rules
Request permission to copy data or at least inform the author, chances are that the author gives permission, often the contact also leads to more exchange of data.
Do not use this data until you have checked it, preferably at the source (the archives).
State from whom you have copied the data and ideally also his/her original source.