Events on this day in Kuwait

Kuwait City, Oct 9 (KUNA) -- October 9:

1972: Kuwait opens its first embassy in Brazil.

1976: Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah issues Law Decree No. 71 of 1976 approving the agreement establishing the Joint Production Program Organization for Arab Gulf States, signed in Abu Dhabi on January 4, 1976.

1976: Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah issues Law Decree No. 72 of 1976 approving the agreement establishing the Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting, signed in Doha on February 27, 1976.

1979: Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issues Law Decree No. 61 of 1979 approving Kuwait’s accession to the Treaty on Damage Caused by Foreign Aircraft to Third Parties on the Surface.

1979: Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issues Law Decree No. 62 of 1979 approving Kuwait’s accession to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, signed in Montreal in 1971.

1979: Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issues Law Decree No. 63 of 1979 approving Kuwait’s accession to the Convention on the Recognition of Rights in Aircraft.

1979: Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issues Law Decree No. 64 of 1979 approving Kuwait’s accession to the Convention on Offenses and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft.

2002: Athlete Fawzi Dehash wins the gold medal in the 400-meter race at the 14th Asian Games held in Busan, South Korea.

2009: Detainee Khaled Al-Mutairi (34) returns to Kuwait by royal flight after eight years of detention at Guantanamo Bay, following his acquittal by U.S. federal courts on terrorism charges.

2010: Diplomat Faisal Abdullah Al-Mashaan dies at the age of 67. The late diplomat had served as Kuwait’s ambassador to Qatar, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates, and also chaired the Graduates Association from 1984 to 1989.

2013: Kuwait’s Al-Fatah Club wins the title of the third Yas League for Arab Women’s Basketball Clubs in Abu Dhabi, defeating Jordan’s Al-Muqawloon Club 83-75 in the final match.

2017: The Cabinet approves a draft decree dissolving the Municipal Council and another draft decree establishing an interim committee to exercise its functions, following the resignation of six appointed members of the Municipal Council. M.B.R. / N.S.N.