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KUWAIT, March 12 (KUNA) --
1957 -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah issued an Amiri Decree over land ownership regulation.
1958 -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah inaugurated an extension at the Ahmadi refinery.
1962 -- Kuwait inaugurated its embassy in the Japanese capital, Tokyo.
1964 -- Guinea's first ambassador to Kuwait presented his credentials to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah.
1969 -- Iraq's first ambassador to Kuwait presented his credentials to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah.
1984 -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah inaugurated the Entertainment City, built at a cost of KD 30 million. The facility is in Doha, northwest of Kuwait City.
1995 -- Kuwait Union for Asphalt Producers was established.
2000 -- The Goodwill Projects Foundation was established, with the aim of providing charity, donations, and scholarships for those in need in Kuwait and in Arab and Islamic countries.
2001 -- An American F-18 plane drops, by error, a 227-kg bomb during joint exercises at Adaira'a area by the Kuwaiti, American, and British forces, killing five Americans and one New Zealander and injuring five Americans and two Kuwaitis.
2001 -- Faisal Sarkho, Kuwait's squash champion, won the Swiss Open Tournament.
2005 -- First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah issued a decision on gathering unlicensed weapons in the possession of the public. An authority to handle this matter is set up under the Interior Ministry's Criminal Investigations Department.
2005 -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah set the corner stone of Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium in Ardhiya. The four-storey establishment is to cost KD 55.25 million and seat for 60,000 spectators. The project is executed by Al-Kharafi Group.
2008 -- Health Minister Abdullah Al-Taweel inaugurated Jassem Al-Wazzan Health Center in Mansouriya.
2011 -- Kuwait swimming team bagged 122 medals, including 63 ones, 31 silver and 20 bronze medals in the 8th GCC tournament hosted by Qatar. (end)
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