KUWAIT, Feb 26 (KUNA)
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1814 -- Sheikh Jaber Bin Abdullah Al-Sabah assumes power in Kuwait, becoming the country's third ruler.
1945 -- Shamlan Bin Ali Bin Saif dies at 81. He was a leading pearl merchant. Also, he was interested in education and opened a school to teach the poor and orphans in 1924. He became a member of the Kuwaiti Shura (advisory) Council in 1921.
1964 -- Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah issues a law on the prevention of seawater pollution.
1981 -- Kuwait University, for the first time, grants astronomer Saleh Al-Ujairi honorary doctorate thanks to his distinctive efforts.
1991 -- The Iraqi occupation of Kuwait comes to an end.
1991 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issues a decree declaring martial law nationwide for three months.
2007 -- A team or scholars from Kuwait University discovers a new genetic mutation naming it "Kuwait".
2009 -- Kuwait wins the seventh Gulf swimming championship in Doha by bagging 79 medals.
2012 - The National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters discovers ancient residential units that date back to the 18th and 19th centuries in Failaka.
2019 -- Kuwait pledges USD 250 million to Yemen during a humanitarian response conference.
2019 -- Guinness World Records bestows the title of the "World's Largest Sand Painting" of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
2020 -- Cabinet suspends education at public and private schools, universities, colleges, and academies due to the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). (end) gta