KUWAIT, July 26 (KUNA) -- 1912 -- Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah, the seventh ruler of Kuwait, agrees to a British government plan to lay down a telegraph line in Kuwait.
1978 -- The traditional coffee shop in Shaab in inaugurated.
1996 -- Pioneer Kuwaiti poet and actor Abdulrahman Al-Dhuwaihi passes away aged 62.
1999 -- Sudanese Minister of External Affairs Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismail hoists the Sudanese flag atop the makeshift Sudanese Embassy in Kuwait and sets the foundation stone for a new embassy compound.
2001 -- The Beirut-based Arab Unity Studies Center awards a prize of appreciation to Jassem Al-Qatami for his contributions on the Arab arena. Al-Qatami, who held the position of foreign undersecretary in the 1960s and was MP for three terms, is a human rights activist.
2003 -- Advisor Salah Fahad Al-Fahad, head of the Court of Appeals' fourth criminal department, passes away at the age of 54. He also headed the National Security Court after Kuwait's liberation in 1990, and was head of the stock market crisis settlement body.
2004 -- Khalifah Talal Al-Jeri passes away, aged 75. He was a pioneer Kuwaiti politician and member of the Constituent Council in 1962, member in the first parliament in 1963 and again in 1981. He was also among the first contributors to development of private education and served as chairman of the private schools union and several cultural institutions.
2006 -- Kuwait Autism Society is officially established.
2006 -- Kuwait National Society for Child Protection is officially established.
2007 -- Ali Al-Zankawi clinches the gold medal in the shot put after registering 75.71 meters, at the Asian Track and Field Games held in Jordan. (end) adf.rk KUNA 261001 Jul 12NNNN