This Day in Kuwait History

Events on this day in Kuwait

Kuwait City, 12 July (KUNA) -- July 12

1965 - Kuwait's Amir, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, issued a law concerning the valuation and expropriation of real estate. The law stipulated that the Kuwait Municipality would be responsible, in accordance with the law, for valuing all real estate and lands for which expropriation procedures had been issued due to their location within long-term projects, as well as real estate and lands already utilized by the state whose sites and the sites of state construction projects had not yet been valued, and private residential homes.

1967 - Kuwait's Amir, Sheikh Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, issued a law concerning the army. Article 2 of the law stated that the Amir of the country is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.

1981 - The Sheikh Abdullah Al-Nouri Charity Association was established, aiming to assist and serve Muslims using its available resources.

1984 - Artist Jowhar Salem died at the age of 53. He was one of the pioneers of the Kuwaiti theatrical movement.

1986 - Kuwait's Amir, Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, issued an emiri decree forming the 13th cabinet in Kuwait's history, comprising 21 ministers headed by Crown Prince Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah.

1998 - Kuwait Oil Tankers Company launched the oil tanker "Al-Shaqaya" at Hyundai's shipyard in South Korea. The tanker has a capacity of 309,000 tons.

1998 - The Kuwaiti Association of Families of Mortgagees and Detainees was established to serve the humanitarian cause of Kuwait, specifically Kuwaiti prisoners detained during the Iraqi regime's invasion of Kuwait in 1990. The association was later renamed the Kuwaiti Association of Families of Martyrs, Prisoners, and Missing Persons.

2000 - The National Assembly approved the Kuwait-Saudi Arabia agreement on the demarcation of maritime boundaries.

2004 - Jazeera Airways was established with a capital of 10 million Kuwaiti dinars.

2003 - Visual artist Abdullah Al-Qassar died at the age of 62. He was a pioneer of the visual arts movement in Kuwait.

2006 - Kuwait's Amir, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, inaugurated the first regular session of the 11th legislative term of the National Assembly, where Jassem Al-Kharafi was elected as the Speaker of the Assembly and Dr. Mohammed Al-Basiri as his deputy.

2016 - The Ministry of Finance signed a contract with ZAC Solutions, in partnership with an alliance of international companies led by the American company Axela, for the implementation of a Geographic Information Systems project, valued at 6.893 million Kuwaiti dinars.

2018 - The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development signed a loan agreement with Egypt worth 50 million Kuwaiti dinars to contribute to financing the Bahr Al-Baqar Drainage System project.

2021 - The Cabinet tasked the Ministry of Defense and the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation with making their affiliated hospitals available to support the country's health system in addressing the latest developments of the novel coronavirus.

2021 - The Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research launched the "Explorer Ship," built in Spain. The ship measures 55.6 meters in length and 12 meters in width, and is equipped with the latest devices, equipment, and laboratories to support and develop marine science research, as well as to assess and protect marine biological resources.

2021 - Kuwait Oil Refining Company (KOC) announced the arrival of the first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG), with a volume of 213,000 cubic meters, aboard a Qatari tanker.

2023 - The Civil Service Council decided to allow Kuwaiti employees to combine work and study within Kuwait, ensuring the employee's ambition to complete their education while guaranteeing their commitment to work attendance and departure regulations.

2024 - The Sabah Al-Ahmad Center for Talent and Creativity announced that Kuwaiti inventor Sara Burjib won one of the nine global WIPO awards presented by the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva. (End) M.B.R./N.S.N.