KUWAIT, April 20 (KUNA) -- 1924 -- The first Kuwaiti literature club was established.
1828 -- A plane with a British pilot and co-pilot on board landed in Kuwait. They asked government permission to offer flight over the country for any one in exchange for 15 rupees.
1942 -- Kuwait and Saudi Arabia signed the first trade agreement during reign of Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
1964 -- The Kuwaiti companies, BB and Gulf Kuwait, agreed to pay accumulated taxes.
1977 -- A decree was issued on law 86, 1977, to approve the agreement of establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development which was signed by Kuwait in New York on March 4, 1977.
1983 -- An institution for settling forwarded deals on stocks was established as a public shareholding company, an offshoot of the Ministry of Finance.
1988 -- His Highness the (late) Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah opened the Justice House in downtown Kuwait.
1991 -- His Highness the (late) Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah issued a decree to form the 15th Cabinet in the history of Kuwait which included 20 ministers and was chaired by His Highness the (late and Father Amir) the Crown Prince Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah.
1991 -- The first edition of the daily "Al-Fajr Al-Jadeed" was issued to be the second newspaper to be printed following the war to liberate Kuwait. The editors in chief were Yousef Al-Olayan and Dr.Yaseen Al-Yaseen. The paper published for a year and eight months, till the minister of information decided to close it on December 31, 1992.
2000 -- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) joined the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) during meetings in Moscow.
2003 -- "Al-Shuwaikh" seafront project was launched.
2003 -- A Kuwaiti prominent figure, Essa Abdullah Bahman, 72, passed away. He was a member of the National Assembly for three legislative terms in 1967, 1971, 1975 for the first constituency, Al-Sharg, and was also elected as a member in the Municipal Council in 1964.
2005 -- Energy Minister and Acting Health Minister Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah laid cornerstone of the first specialized center for the care of children with incurable diseases in the Middle East named, "Beit Abdullah." 2010 -- Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Minister of State for Municipal Affairs and Minister of State for Housing Affairs, inaugurated the international convention of Islamic economy.
2011 -- The Jordanian Ambassador to Kuwait said Kuwaiti investments in Jordan exceeded USD 8 billion -- thus it became a major business partner of the Kingdom. (end) rk.rk