Events on this day in Kuwait

October 27 ------------------------ 1913 – Britain requests a concession to explore for oil in Kuwait. 1918 – Approximately four thousand people die after Kuwait is struck by an influenza epidemic that entered most households in the country and lasted until December of that year; Kuwaitis referred to that year as the “Year of Mercy.” 1962 – The Nursing Institute opens under the management of the Ministry of Health and the supervision of the Ministry of Education, with the aim of retraining technical nurses capable of performing basic nursing duties. 1962 – The Constitution Committee holds its final session, chaired by Abdul Latif Thaniyan Al-Ghanim, concluding its work and submitting the complete draft constitution to the Constituent Assembly for discussion and approval. 1993 – Kuwait loses three of its sons, pilot officers, who were martyred in a helicopter collision that occurred in front of the Officers’ Club on the Arabian Gulf coast during an air show. 1998 – Kazma Club is crowned champion in the first Asian Handball League Champions Club Championship, held in the Jordanian capital Amman, after defeating the Iranian Zob Ahan team with a score of 29-25. 2014 – A medical team at the Al-Dabous Heart Center, affiliated with Al-Aadan Hospital, performs the first successful artificial heart transplant in Kuwait. 2017 – Sheikh Ahmad Jaber Al-Sabah, President of the Arab and Kuwaiti Tennis Federations, is elected by acclamation as President of the new four-year term of the Arab Tennis Federation. 2021 – The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development signs a grant agreement with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) worth four million dinars to finance a project on adaptation and resilience to sandstorms. 2022 – The Kuwait Ports Authority announces the signing of a tender contract for the development of Shuwaikh Port quays, valued at approximately 48.75 million Kuwaiti dinars, with a consortium comprising Hyundai (South Korea) and the Gulf for Construction and Marine Works Company. 2025 – The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development signs a grant agreement in New York with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), providing a grant of five million US dollars to support efforts to combat cholera in Sudan. M.B.R / N.S.N