Today in Kuwait''s history

(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT, Feb 21 (KUNA)

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1972 -- Poet Zaid Al-Harb passes away at 85. The deceased was a central figure in folklore poetry and one of the first calling for women equality.
1977 -- The second ground station of the satellite communication network opens in Umm Al-Aish.
1987 -- Late Amir, Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, inaugurates Yousef Al-Marzouq and Lulwa Al-Nassar Islamic Medical Center for herbal treatment.
1991 -- Iraqi invasion forces destroys Kuwaiti oil fields in a attempt to disrupt the international coalitions forces during their entrance.
2006 -- Kuwait national handball team is crowned Asian champion for the fourth time.
2007 -- The Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) marine reserve is inaugurated.
2008 -- Cabinet approves salary increase by KD 120 for Kuwaiti public and private sector employees, military service members, retirees, and social welfare benefactors. Non-Kuwaitis were also given a salary increase of KD 50. The overall budget for the increase was at KD one billion.
2010 -- Amiri decree is issued to establish the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) as an independent body supervised by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
2012 -- Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) signs deals worth KD 45 million with global companies to rehabilitate soil at its previous drilling project in Burgan zone.
2017 -- Kuwait sports club wins His Highness the Amir''s football cup after beating Kazma 4-2.
2019 -- Kuwait Airways inaugurates transit hall at the newly erected Terminal 4 (T4). (end) gta

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