KUWAIT, May 23 (KUNA)
1942 -- Captain Bilal Al-Sagr's dhow "yom al-washar al-jadeed," sinks while sailing back to Kuwait from India. Twelve sailors drown and 24 others including the captain "Al-Nokhaza" have been rescued.
1957 -- The Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah issues an Amiri Decree banning imports of Israeli products.
1967 -- Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait is established with a KD one million (USD 3.2 million) capital.
1971 -- Kuwait Society for the Handicapped is proclaimed.
1998 -- Kuwait hosts the Afro-Asian basketball tournament.
1999 -- Corner stone for Sabah Al-Ahmad Naval base is laid. It is the largest naval base in the Middle East.
2005 -- Kuwait signs the Copenhagen Declaration on Anti-Doping.
2005 -- The Kuwaiti Para athlete Tareq Al-Gallaf is crowned champion of the world Paralympic fencing tournament, hosted by Italy.
2005 -- Al-Arabi wins the 44th Amir Soccer Cup beating Al-Qadsiya 2-0.
2012 -- The Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sponsors inauguration of the Islamic Warba Bank.
2016 -- Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KAFED) inks a loan accord with Cuba worth KD 8.8 million (USD 30 million) to co-fund construction of 34 hydroelectric stations.
2017 -- KFAED inks a loan agreement with Tunisia valued KD 24 million (USD 78.5 million) to build four hospitals, another one with Guinea worth KD eight million (USD 26 million) to renovate roads and a third one with Mongolia worth KD eight million to build a center for treating burns and bones.
2021 -- Kuwait Club is crowned champion of the Kuwaiti track and field tournament.
2021 -- A plane of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS), with 40 tons of medicines and medical equipment, flies to Cairo where the relief supplies will be dispatched to the Palestinians in Gaza Strip.
1997 -- The Kuwaiti playwright Abdullah Khuraibet dies at 63 of age.
2004 -- Former parliament member Mohammad Dhaifullah Al-Qahs dies at 85 of age.
2005 -- Abdul Aziz Al-Sagr, the first minister of health, dies at 79 of age.
2017 -- The Kuwaiti playwright Ali Al-Braiki dies at 79 of age. (end) rk