Today In Kuwait's History
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA))
KUWAIT, July 4 (KUNA)
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1961 -- Arab League Secretary General Abdulkhaleq Hassouna arrived in State of Kuwait in a bid to address a crisis with neighboring Iraq after Abdulkareem Qassem made claims against Kuwait. Hassouna met with Amir sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah who showed willingness to address the crisis within the Arab League.
1978 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah signed a decree specifying assistance for Kuwaiti families and individuals.
1992 -- Kuwait Satellite channel began airing programs through Arabsat, covering most of Asia, Europe and Africa.
1995 -- Kuwait National Assembly, or parliament, approved a bill enabling persons who had been naturalized for 20 years to participate in the 1996 general elections.
1999 -- The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) launched automated civil ID issuing process as well as establishing a national archive for photos of population.
2000 -- Kadhem Al-Qallaf, one of founder of Arab Theater troupe and a renowned TV director, passed away at 54. The deceased was teaching directing at the Theater institute.
2000 -- State of Kuwait allowed citizens of Kingdom of Bahrain to use their personal IDs instead of passports at Kuwaiti crossings.
2001 -- Kuwait Ministry of Commerce and Industry opened the new customs building at Kuwait International Airport to offer services for Kuwaiti businessmen.
2005 -- State of Kuwait and the US signed a memorandum of understanding over cooperation at the coalition's border crossing between Kuwait and Iraq. The MoU specified operations regulations of units working at the crossing: Ministry of Interior, Customs Department and American forces.
2013 -- Kuwait won the Gulf Fencing Championship, which was held in Qatar, after bagging 19 medals.
2018 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah opened Kuwait International Airport's Terminal Four (T4). The new terminal, only used by Kuwait Airways, has a capacity of 4.5 million passengers per year. (end) bs
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