Today In Kuwait's History

(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT, May 10 (KUNA) --

1957 -- The popular theater was proclaimed with Mohammad Al-Nashmi at the top of the project.
1966 -- A law on mayors' offices was adopted.
1967 -- The fourth bi-elections were held to fill seven seats of MPs who resigned to protest results of the polls.
1999 -- The Ministry of Planning and Microsoft signed an MoU regarding licenses and protection of applications.
1999 -- Kuwait and the International Atomic Energy Agency inked an agreement to ensure that Kuwait's usage of nuclear energy is solely for peaceful purposes.
2000 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah issued a law to support national labor and encourage citizens to work in non-governmental sectors.
2000 -- The International Islamic Charity Organization inaugurated headquarters in Al-Shuhdaa, South Surra. Construction of the building cost KD two million, collected from donations.
2005 -- The technological and health complex of the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training was launched.
2008 -- Doctors succeeded in transplanting a pancreas and a kidney for a 23-year-old diabetic.
2016 -- The National Assembly endorsed the copyrights law.
2017 -- An in-camera session of the National Assembly concluded. MPs grilled His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah over purported irregularities. The legislators did not file a non-cooperation motion, settling with formation of a probe panel.
2017 -- MPs debated a grilling motion filed against the Minister of State for Housing Affairs and Minster of State for Utilities Yasser Abul. The interpellation ended without a no-confidence vote.
2020 -- Full-scale curfew was imposed by the Kuwaiti authorities from 4 p.m. as part of the measures in the fight against the coronovirus (covid-19).
2021 -- The Cabinet lifted a partial curfew that was enforced in the fight against COVID-19, effective the first day of Eid Al-Fitr.
2021 -- The Cabinet decided to shut businesses, except for food stores and health facilities, from 8 p.m. until 5 a.m. during the fight against covid-19.
2021 -- The Cabinet set the proportion of employees who had to show up at work places at 60 percent, effective May 17, in the shadow of the anti-coronavirus precautions.
2021 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issued an Amiri Decree granting amnesty for some inmates.
2023 -- Minister of Health Dr. Ahmad Al-Awadhi inaugurated the center for monitoring poisonous materials and substances. (end)
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