KUWAIT, March 2 (KUNA) -- 1939 -- The American Mission inaugurates a 34-bed women's hospital. The hospital offers services of two female doctors assisted by a number of nurses.
1959 -- Law 1/1959 is issued stipulating that all Kuwaiti and foreign merchants and companies based in Kuwait, or with a local branch or agency, must register in the commercial logbook.
1962 -- The State of Kuwait establishes diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level with Japan.
1991 -- Kuwait liberation war coalition commanders meet representatives of Iraqi armed forces and an agreement is reached on Iraq's implementation of all relevant United Nations resolutions.
2002 -- Eminent Kuwaiti formative artist, Safwan Al-Ayoubi, passes away at the age of 59.
2003 -- The parliament holds a session for an interpellation motion, submitted by MP Abdullah Al-Naibari against Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs Mohammad Dhaifallah Sharar over the cabinet approval of the project of Al-Khairan Pearls and the allocation of a land plot in Al-Ardiya for Al-Wasilah Company. A no-confidence motion is also submitted against the minister, but the cabinet renews confidence in him at a session held on March 17, 2003.
2004 -- Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah inaugurates Sabah Al-Ahmad Natural Reserve which aims at the preservation of indigenous fauna and flora on an area of 320 square kilometers.
2008 -- Kuwait Sports Club for the Disabled wins 24 medals (10 gold, three silver, and 11 bronze) in the First West Asian Athletic Games for the Disabled, held in the UAE.
2008 -- Kuwait Sports Club wins, for the third time, the Crown Prince Football Cup after winning the final match against Qadsiya 1-0.(end) rk