This Day in Kuwait History

Kuwait City, Sept 30 (KUNA) – September 30, 1912: Kuwait witnessed a year of prosperity and financial abundance, known as the “Year of Plenty.” It broke all benchmarks of preceding and succeeding years when the revenue from pearl-diving ships, numbering over 800 vessels of various types, exceeded six million rupees.

1979: The Cabinet decided to establish the Kuwait National Commission for Education, Science and Culture, with the aim of contacting similar organizations to exchange information with them and coordinate their activities with most relevant ministries and institutions.

1980: The Kuwait national football team was crowned champions of the seventh Asian Cup after defeating South Korea 3-0 in the final match. This was the first time Kuwait won the tournament title, and it was also the first time an Arab country won the cup.

1990: Kuwait’s Amir, Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, appealed to the first International Summit for Children held in New York to stand with Kuwaiti children in the face of their suffering under the oppression and injustice of the occupying Iraqi army.

1996: The Asaad Al-Hamad Dermatology Center was inaugurated at a cost of 1.57 million dinars, with the aim of providing treatment services through outpatient and specialized clinics, in addition to offering training and educational activities.

1998: Kuwait’s Amir, Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, inaugurated the East Market, which covers an area of 55,000 square meters, as part of the third phase of the master plan for Kuwait’s Corniche.

1998: The foreign-language radio station “Voice of Kuwait,” broadcasting in English, began its transmissions, covering Southeast Asia, Europe, and North America.

1999: The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development signed a loan agreement with Syria worth six million Kuwaiti dinars to finance the construction of the Raqqa-Deir ez-Zor-Hasaka road in the northeast of the country.

2003: Kuwait’s Amir, Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, issued a decree appointing the first Kuwaiti ambassador, Nabila Al-Mulla, as Kuwait’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.

2013: The Kuwait national team was officially crowned champions of the first Gulf Futsal Championship in Doha after defeating the Qatari team 5-1 in the final match.

2014: Kuwait University received the World Summit Award on the Information Society from the International Telecommunication Union for its remote electronic microscope project.

2020: Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah took the constitutional oath before the National Assembly as Amir of the State of Kuwait.

2025: The Ministry of Health announced the establishment of the “Gynecological Oncology Unit” at the Kuwait Cancer Control Center in the Al-Sabah Medical Complex.

2025: The Central Agency for Information Technology announced the launch of the first data exchange operation between government entities via the Developers Gateway platform, as part of the Kuwait Digital Integration Center project, under an agreement with global company Google Cloud.

2025: The Cabinet approved the right to trade, buy, and sell shares, bonds, and securities in the securities exchange or stock market for individuals and companies owned by persons whose citizenship was revoked from the two categories.

2025: The Cabinet approved continuing to allow persons whose citizenship was revoked from the two categories to repay loans and financing contracts they had previously obtained from the National Fund for Supporting and Developing Small and Medium Enterprises, under the same contractual terms.

2025: The Cabinet instructed the Central Bank of Kuwait to direct all banks operating in the State of Kuwait to facilitate the process of opening bank accounts and maintaining existing ones for persons whose citizenship was revoked from the two categories.

2025: The Cabinet approved a draft law-amending decree to amend certain provisions of the Law on the Regulation of Expertise issued by Law-Decree No. (40) of 1980, and submitted it to His Highness the Amir of the State of Kuwait.

2025: The Cabinet approved a draft law-amending decree to amend certain provisions of Law No. (20) of 2014 concerning Electronic Transactions, with the aim of expanding the scope of the law’s application to include all records, documents, and electronic transactions in civil, commercial, and administrative fields, and submitted it to His Highness the Amir of the State of Kuwait.

2025: The Cabinet approved a draft law-amending decree to amend certain provisions of Law No. (10) of 2020 concerning Notarization, with the aim of abolishing the absolute requirement of personal presence before the notary public and permitting notarization via video conferencing or electronic systems. (End) M.B.R. / N.S.N.