Today In Kuwait's History
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA))
KUWAIT, July 1 (KUNA)
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1948 -- The monthly literary-social magazine "Kathma" was issued, with Ahmad Al-Saqqaf as the chief editor. It was the first magazine to be published in Kuwait. Its publication stopped in 1949, nine months after it hit the stands for the first time.
1961 -- British forces arrived in Kuwait in response to a request by the Amir sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, according to the Kuwaiti-British friendship treaty, for facing Iraqi threats.
1968 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah issued a law approving the Arab cooperation treaty for employing nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
1974 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah issued a decree for establishing the Public Authority for Housing Welfare.
1979 -- The civil service law was put into effect via the Civil Service Commission.
1981 -- Kuwait joined the international treaty on tackling oil leakage accidents in high seas.
1995 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah issued a law for establishing free trade zones.
1997 -- Kuwait's customs initiated a 70-percent tax on all Tabaco and cigarette products. The last tax rate was at 50 percent in December of 1995.
2001 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issued a law approving the GCC joint defense treaty.
2006 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issued a decree to establish a national security college in the Interior Ministry to prepare members for leading positions.
2009 -- The National Assembly renewed confidence in Minister of Interior Sheikh Jaber Al-Khaled Al-Sabah after concluding the vote of no-confidence session. A number of 30 MPs vote against the motion, 16 voted in favor, and two abstained.
2010 -- A central produce market was established in Al-Sulaibiya area at an area of 300,000 square meters with a capacity to receive 600 trucks.
2013 -- Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development loaned Sudan KD 25 million (USD 85 million) for an irrigation project.
2014 -- The Ministry of Social Affairs issued decision to establish the Kuwaiti creative society for people with special needs.
2016 -- The Ministry of Electricity and Water won the Special Achievement in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Award for 2016 by the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) during the ESRI annual conference in San Diego, California 2019 -- Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) signed an offshore drilling contract with Halliburton International worth KD 181 million.
2021 -- Munira Al-Mutawa died at age 82. She was known for her activism towards the rights of people with special needs and had an integral role in establishing the Kuwaiti society for the disabled in 1971. She also helped in formulating the first Kuwait law for the disabled in 1996. (end) gta
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