Today In Kuwait's History

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1965 -- Mashaan Khudhair Al-Mashaan passed away at age 73. He was member of the Al-Ay'an (noble) council in 1920, member of the legislative council in 1921, member of the municipal council in 1932, the first and secone Legislative Council (1938), and member of the Ma'aref (education) council in 1936. He was the first head of the financial administration in 1938. The deceased was also member of the committee wording the electoral law in Kuwait, a co-founder of the first national airline, the Ahmadiya School and a philanthropist.
1972 -- Kuwait Government issued a resolution whereby in state tenders, priority was given to local products and services, provided they meet Kuwaiti standards.
1973 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah signed an Amiri Decree establishing the Faculty of Medicine in Kuwait University. Studies began in 1976-77 year.
1986 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah dissolved the National Assembly after one year and four months of its sixth legislative term, suspending paragraphs of article 56 of the constitution. Sheikh Jaber said people witnessed "days passing through historic junctures, compels us to do comprehensive review of relations between principles and practices, between the nation's supreme interests and minor practices that undermine efforts ..." 1986 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah signed a decree amending some articles of Publications Law 3/1961.
1986 -- Ministry of Information subjected all periodic publications for pre-publication scrutiny.
1994 -- Kuwait Union for Women's Societies was proclaimed, under chairmanship of Sheikha Latifa Fahad Al-Sabah, spouse of Crown Prince and Prime Minister Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah. The Union joined the international women federation, based at the UN headquarters in New York.
2012 -- Ministry of Information launched "Kuwait Alyoum" website at the ministry's building.
2014 -- State of Kuwait donated around USD 900,000 to build "Kuwait house" to support Muslim education in the Chinese city of Ningxia.
2016 -- Preemptive strikes by Kuwait security forces thwarted three terrorist plots by the so-called Islamic State (IS) that aimed to destabilize the country.
2016 -- Kuwait National Assembly agreed to amend Procedure Law 3/2013 to apply only on crimes.
2018 -- Kuwait Health Ministry launched a system for laboratories to obtain the results of the tests online. (end) bs

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