On This Day in Kuwait

Kuwait City, Oct 13 (KUNA) -- October 13: 1956 - The first Kuwaiti woman, Mrs. Moudi Al-Sarhan, joined the Ministry of Interior to work as a female prison guard in the General Security Department. 1981 - Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issued an emiri decree establishing the College of Sharia and Islamic Studies at Kuwait University and changing the name of the College of Law and Sharia to the College of Law. 1990 - Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sponsored the Kuwaiti Popular Conference in Jeddah, which lasted three days. It was a historic national event where participants agreed to uphold legitimacy to confront and repel the criminal aggression of the Iraqi regime against Kuwait. 1990 - The Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), whose main headquarters in Kuwait City had been occupied by Iraqi invaders, resumed its regular broadcasts from its temporary headquarters in London, the British capital, to provide its subscribers with news from the occupied homeland. 2009 - The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development signed a loan agreement with Morocco worth 15 million Kuwaiti dinars to contribute to financing the Tamalout Dam project for irrigation and drinking water. 2010 - The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development signed a loan agreement with Mauritania amounting to 11 million Kuwaiti dinars to contribute to financing the new campus project of the University of Nouakchott. 2010 - The Ministry of Health launched the first mobile unit for early detection of breast cancer, an equipped mobile unit for preventive screening by the National Cancer Awareness Campaign (Khan). 2017 - The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development signed a loan agreement with Senegal worth 12 million Kuwaiti dinars to contribute to financing the rehabilitation project of the Godery-Kedria road. 2018 - The Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Cultural Centre in Kuwait won the World Building Awards prize for the best engineering project in the public facilities category in the Middle East and North Africa for 2018. 2025 - Kuwait Oil Company announced a new exploration achievement in Kuwaiti maritime waters, marked by the discovery of the Jaza offshore natural gas field, which recorded the highest production rate for a vertical well from the Manaqish formation in Kuwait’s history. 2025 - The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development signed two loan agreements with Belize and Saint Lucia, totaling eight million Kuwaiti dinars, on the sidelines of the World Bank Group meetings in Washington, D.C., the U.S. capital. M.B.R. / N.S.N.