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Today in Kuwait’s history

1959 — Kuwait Municipality distributed 259 housing plots to eligible citizens in Al-She’eb district.

1978 — The Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah issued a decree amending a decree-into-law annuling the accord with the Independent American Oil Company.

1979 — The Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad al-Sabah issued a decree approving an accord for establishing the Arab Planning Institute in Kuwait.

1979 — The Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah issued a decree approving the joining of the convention for suppression of unlawful seizure of aircraft, worked out in the Hague on December 16, 1970.

2001 — The Kuwaiti Government approved that the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development’s support for the Saving and Credit Bank with KD 500 million (USD 1.6 billion).

2008 — The Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah inaugurated the Fourth International Islamic Economic Forum.

2009 — Qadsiya won the 29th Gulf Basketball Tournament hosted by Kuwait, beating the Qatari team Al-Rayan in the final match, 67-69.

2013 — Kuwait and Turkey signed a memo for cooperation the sectors of air transport, higher education, scientific research, culture, arts, health, livestock, defense industries, in addition to relieving travellers who carried diplomatic and special passports of visas.

2014 — The National Assembly agreed by voting to a request by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah to withdraw the interpellation motion from the session agenda.

2014 — The National Assembly unanimously agreed to amending the law for establishing Zakat House and agreed to a law for consumer protection.

2019 — The Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah inaugurated Al-Salam Palace Museum

Source: Kuwait News Agency