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Today In Kuwait's History


(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT, March 16 (KUNA) --

1900 -- A Russian warship arrived in Kuwait with Russian troops on board. They have been welcomed by Kuwait ruler sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah.
1954 -- The national airlines company celebrated arrival of its first plane. The dc-3, labelled Kazma, landed at the old air facility near Al-Nozha district.
1976 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah issued a law approving the shifting of all rights of BB Kuwait Limited and Kuwait Gulf Company to the state.
1976 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah issued a law shifting shares of the private sector of Kuwait Petrochemical Company to the state.
1976 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah issued a law enforcing military conscription.
1980 -- The ice skating rink, the first of its kind in the Middle East, was inaugurated.
1982 -- Failaka tourist park was inaugurated.
1999 -- The Kuwaiti woman participated for the first time in the election of the cooperative societies.
2017 -- Sheikha Amthal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was honored in Bahrain with the medal of "the leading woman of social responsibilities."

2022 -- The National Assembly renewd confidence in the Minister of Public Works and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Ali Al-Mousa against the backdrop of an interperllation requested by the MP Abdullah Al-Mudhaf. (end)
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