In context
- When
- Saturday, October 20 20188 years ago
- Category
- DeathA notable person who died on this day.
- Era
- 21st century · 2010s
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
- Person
- Wim Kok
Who they were
Wim Kok, Dutch prime minister (born 1938)
Why this date
Wim Kok appears on our October 20 calendar for 2018 as a death entry.
October 20 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1995Space Shuttle Columbia
- 2002Top Gear (2002 TV series)
- 2003Sloan Great Wall
- 2005UNESCO
- 2011Libyan crisis
- 2011Libyan civil war (2011)
- 2017Syrian civil war
- 2018Wim Kok
- 2022Liz Truss
- 20222022 Chadian protests
- 2024Prabowo Subianto
Also in 2018
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- September 18CannabisCannabis is legalized in South Africa, through a ruling of the Constitutional Court.
- May 25General Data Protection RegulationThe General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes enforceable in the European Union.
- May 25Republic of IrelandIreland votes to repeal the Eighth Amendment of their constitution that prohibits abortion in all but a few cases, choosing to replace it…
- August 10Horizon AirHorizon Air employee Richard Russell hijacks and performs an unauthorized takeoff on a Horizon Air Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 plane at Seattl…
- August 102017–2019 Romanian protestsAn anti-government rally turns into a riot when members of the Romanian Gendarmerie attack the 100,000 people protesting in front of the…
- January 3For the first time in history, all five major storm surge gates in the NetherlanFor the first time in history, all five major storm surge gates in the Netherlands are closed simultaneously in the wake of a storm.
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“Wim Kok”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/event/wim-kok-2018-october-20, accessed October 28, 2026.
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October 20 2018 — 8 years ago, on a Saturday.
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