Today In Kuwait's History
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA))
KUWAIT, June 8 (KUNA) --
1957 -- Sulaiman Khaled Al-Adsani, the first director of Kuwait Municipality in 1930, passes away at age of 73. He was also a member in the Municipal Council in 1938, the Legislative Council in 1938, and member in the Maaref (knowledge) Council (1936-1954). The late Adsani, also a poet, was one of the founders of the Public Library.
1963 -- Foreign Minister sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah outlines, in a statement before the National Assembly, Kuwait's foreign policy, affirming that it is part of the Arab nation.
1965 -- Al-Tadhamon Sporting Club officially launches and based in Farwaniya Area.
1966 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah signs an agreement with Saudi Arabia regarding boundaries over the divided zone.
1986 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah opens the state's Grand Mosque and performs Eid Al-Fitr prayers. The KD-13-million mosque was built over 45,000 square meters.
1999 -- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan appoints Kuwaiti diplomat Maryam Al-Awadhi as Deputy Executive Secretary General of the economic group of West Asian countries, the most senior position occupied by an Arab woman in the UN.
2003 -- State of Kuwait announces discovery of remains of Saad Mishal Al-Enezi, a national kidnapped by invading Iraqi forces in November 1990, in a mass grave in Samawah city near Baghdad, Iraq.
2004 -- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) was elected member in the Executive Bureau of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) for a three-year term. The election took place during OANA's General Assembly meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2010 -- National Assembly speaker Jassem Al-Kharafi cancels an interpellation against Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad Al-Sabah because the MP questioning him, Khaled Al-Tahous, was not present at the session, which was held behind closed doors.
2016 -- Kuwait joins the Patent Cooperation Treaty in Geneva. (end)
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