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Today in Kuwait's history

KUWAIT, Sept 20 (KUNA) --

1962 -- Kuwait Public Transport Company was launched with a capital of KD 2 million.
1991 -- Kuwait and the United States signed a 10-year defense agreement during a visit to Washington D.C. by Kuwaiti Minister of Defense Sheikh Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah.
1994 -- Kuwait signed the nuclear safety agreement, which was drafted in Vienna.
1999 -- Kuwaiti Health Minister Dr. Mohammad Al-Jarallah was elected as Vice-President of the World Health Organization East Mediterranean region at the 46th session held in Cairo.
2000 -- Fuhaid Al-Daihani won Kuwait's first-ever Olympic medal, clinching a bronze in the double trap-shooting event at the Sydney Games.
2001 -- Kuwait was elected member of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) during meetings in Vienna.
2002 -- The Ministry of Communications announced substantial cuts, reaching up to 70 percent, on international call tariffs.
2010 -- Yassir Al-Habib was stripped off his Kuwaiti citizenship - by decree of the Deputy Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah - for insulting religious icons and inciting sedition, disharmony and sectarianism in the country.
2010 -- Kuwait and Russia signed a joint five-year Memorandum of Understanding in the field of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, minerals excavation, building a network of nuclear reactors and accommodating infrastructure.
2010 -- Kuwait hosted first conference and exhibition on modes of transportation. The event discusses the Kuwait Metro project, the future of the shipbuilding industry and joint Arab plans to upgrade the efficiency of its maritime fleet.
2013 -- Kuwait signed a new technical agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) gta