KUWAIT, Jan 25 (KUNA) -- 1967 -- The Union of Kuwaiti Laborers was established.
1977 -- The University Theater Troupe was established.
1978 -- Famous Kuwaiti actor, Saqer Al-Rashoud, 37, passed away as a result of a car accident in the United Arab Emirates where he was working with the Information Ministry as a theater affairs expert.
1990 -- The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders conclude the four-day "Doha Summit" during which the Doha Declaration was issued. The declaration called for unconditional Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait.
1991 -- In one of the first volunteer environmental acts, the newly-established Kuwait diving team recovers a sunken boat off the coast of Fahaheel.
2000 -- Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) begins operation of gathering center number 27, which was located west of Kuwait, with production capacity of 190,000 barrels a day. The center was built by a Chinese company.
2001 -- The Blood Bank announced implementation of a new international system which categorizes donated blood bags. This makes Kuwait the first country in the Middle East to use this system which allows it to import or export rare blood types to and from the European countries.
2003 -- Kazma Sports Club won the Sixth Mohammad Abdulmohsen Al-Kharafi's Soccer Championship after a 1-0 victory over Al-Arabi Sports Club.
2005 -- Chairman of the International Islamic Charity Organization Yousef Al-Hajji received the 2005 King Faisal International Award for Serving Islam in Saudi Arabia. (end) gta