Today in Kuwait's History : 01/12/2015

KUWAIT, Dec 1 (KUNA) -- 1958 -- The first edition of "Al-Arabi" magazine was issued, with Dr.Ahmad Zaki as its first editor-in-chief. Al-Arabi is a monthly cultural magazine issued by the Ministry of Information with a circulation of approximately 300, 000 editions to all Arab countries.
1959 -- Private schools and educational institutions and their licensing were placed under the supervision of the Department of Learning.
1960 -- The first edition of the magazine "Tabeeb Al-Mujtama" (Society's Doctor) was published by the Department of General Health.
1975 -- Kuwait, BP (Kuwait) Limited Company, and Gulf Kuwait company signed an agreement on transferring all the rights, interests and assets of the companies in Kuwait which were signed in 1934 starting from March 5, 1975.
1986 -- Kuwaiti Society for Specialized Studies and Research was established.
1995 -- The first edition of the weekly magazine "Qurtas" was issued. It was the first Kuwaiti magazine specialized in issues concerning literature and publications.
1999 -- National Mobile Telecommunication Company (Wataniya) was established to provide mobile services for customers in Kuwait.
2004 -- President of Benin Matthew Kerekou granted Chairman of Kuwait's Direct Aid Society Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Sumait the republic's medal of honor and named him a knight in appreciation for social and charitable efforts for the people of the African country.
2007 -- Kuwait Engineers Society won the prize of creativity of firms at the 11th Gulf engineering firm in Muscat for the national project to conserve water and electricity.
2007 -- Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) assigned Kuwait's representative Abbas Naqi as its secretary general for three years.
2010 -- An international donors conference for eastern Sudan opened in Kuwait with the participation of 39 nations, 28 global organizations, and 73 NGOs. Kuwait donated a sum of USD 500 million to help build infrastructure in Sudan.
2013 -- Kuwait donated USD 500,000 to help fund relief aid efforts in Republic of Madagascar which was hit by hurricane. (end) gta