Today in Kuwait's History : 22/10/2017

KUWAIT, Oct 22 (KUNA) -- 1960 -- The Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem issued a law decree to establish the credit bank.
1961 -- The Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem issued a law decree on the establishment of Kuwait Flour Mills and Bakeries Company.
1966 -- Kuwait opened its embassy in Holland.
1986 -- The Kuwaiti oil tanker "Al-Fayhaa" was hit with a rocket unleashed from a gunboat off the coast of Dubai.
1987 -- An official source of the Ministry of Defense declared that a Silkworm rocket hit the industrial island for oil shipment starting a fire, wounding five workers.
1990 -- The Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah toured permanent member states of the United Nations Security Council discussing the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait.
1994 -- Investment Dar (house) was established as a company dealing with transactions according to the Islamic Sharia.
2002 -- The Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah awarded King Mohammed VI of Morocco Mubarak Al-Kabeer Medal in appreciation for Morocco's support of Kuwait's cause. The Monarch, in response, granted the Amir Al-Mohammedi Medal.
2008 -- Kuwait Water Polo team won a silver medal at the first Asian beach sports championship held in Indonesia.
2008 -- The sixth director of the Audit Bureau, Barrak Khalid Al-Marzouq, passed away at the age of 69.
2008 -- The hereditary diseases unit of Kuwait University's College of Medicine discovered the gene responsible for child cataract.
2010 -- Kuwaiti and Saudi citizens were permitted entry and departure from Kuwait using the civil smart card.
2010 -- The Kuwaiti (skeet) team won its second gold medal at the grand prix for shooting in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
2011 -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah ordered an official state of mourning, with the national flag to be flown at half-mast for three days, for the demise of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Aviation and the Kingdom's General Inspector, Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud.
2012 -- An Amiri decree 21/2012 was issued to establish the National Election Committee.
2012 -- An Amiri decree was issued to amend articles of the law 6 of 2008, stipulating the transformation of the KAC into a share-holding company. (end) tg