KUWAIT, Dec 20 (KUNA)
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1958 -- A conference of Arab writers was held in Kuwait and was inaugurated by Chairman of the Ma'aref (knowledge) Council Sheikh Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
1970 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah signed a decree that imposed additional income tax.
1976 -- Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Sheikh Salem Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah dissolved Al-Istiqlal (independence) Club, which was established in 1962.
1983 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah dissolved the Municipal Council and called for early elections, scheduled in January 1984.
1987 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah signed a decree about transplant of organs, the first-of-a-kind law in the Middle East.
1997 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah hosted Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders for their 18th summit.
2001 -- UN General Assembly adopted a resolution urging Iraq to immediately release prisoners of Kuwait and third-country nationals.
2003 -- Kuwait established the first Diplomatic Club aimed at encouraging understanding among diverse cultures of members.
2005 -- Kuwaiti Ophthalmologist Dr. Adel Al-Baloushi removed a nine-centimeter-long warm from a patient's eye in one of the more acute surgeries in the Middle East.
2010 -- Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) extended a 30 million Kuwaiti Dinar loan to Egypt to finance establishment of a power station in the city of Banha, northern Cairo.
2015 -- The Constitutional Court ruled that the establishment of Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority was unconstitutional.
2018 -- Kuwait Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah opened Al-Amiri Hospital's extension building, a 415-bed facility.
2020 -- Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah passed away at age of 72. He held several official posts.
2022 -- Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) inaugurated the fifth liquefied gas line at Al-Ahmadi refinery, a step in line with the increasing local and global demands.
2023 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah took the constitutional oath at the National Assembly.
2024 -- Sabah Al-Ahmad Kidney and Urinary Tracts Center in Kuwait conducted the first remote robotic prostate surgery in the Middle East. (end) mbr.nsn.mt