KUWAIT, July 25 (KUNA)
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1979 -- Patients Helping Fund, Kuwait's first medical charitable institution, was established by a group of local doctors.
1985 -- Saleh Shihab, best remembered for his efforts to institutionalize the tourism industry in Kuwait during the 1960s and 1970s, passed away at the age of 61. His last official post was assistant undersecretary for cultural and tourism affairs.
1987 -- State Security Court convicted two defendants and acquitted 30 others for circulating anti-state pamphlets, seeking to overthrow the legitimate authority through illegal means.
1999 -- Pioneering folklore singer Ameena Mubarak, better known as Umm Zayed, passed away.
2001 -- Kuwait National Cinema Company opened three new state-of-art movie theaters at Al-Muhalab shopping mall in Hawally.
2010 -- Amiri Decree 51/2010 was issued to establish a (defaulters' fund) aimed at helping citizens unable to pay for consumer loans and installments prior to December 2009. The fund was under Ministry of Finance's jurisdiction.
2011 -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah donated USD one million to launch relief campaign for Somalia.
2011 -- Ministry of Public Works signed an agreement to overhaul regional roads stretching for over 500 kilometers to meet international standards. (end) mar