KUWAIT, June 17 (KUNA) --
1961 -- The Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah decreed appointing Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah as the chief of the police and general security.
1970 -- Up to 16 personnel of the Kuwaiti Al-Yarmouk Brigade fell as martyrs while fighting alongside Egyptian forces in the Sinai Canal Battle.
1976 -- Five people have been injured in a bomb blast that has ripped through offices of the daily newspaper Al-Anbaa.
1979 -- The Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah decreed shifting som private sector's shares to the State.
1986 -- Four simultaneous blasts ripped through Al-Ahmadi oil zone causing huge fires. A shadowy group named "the Arab rebels" has claimed responsibility for the criminal attack.
1990 -- The renowned poet and writer Ahmad Meshari Al-Adwani passed away at 65 of age. He was composer of the National Anthem.
2000 -- Gas leakage at Al-Shuaiba refinery claimed lives of two Kuwaiti engineers, Mohammad Al-Kandari and Badr Al-Dyoli, and causes injury to several personnel.
2001 -- The American University in Cairo granted an honorary PhD to Dr. Fayza Al-Kharafi, the rector of Kuwait University.
2013 -- Kuwaiti shooter Abdullah Al-Taraqi Al-Rashidi won the gold medal in the international shooting tournament held in Cyprus.
2019 -- Shooter Iman Al-Shammaa won the gold medal in the Amir International Shooting Cup Tournament hosted by Italy.
2019 -- Kuwait inaugurated Salwa Sabah Al-Ahmad Center for Stem Cells, the first of its kind in the Gulf.
2020 -- The National Assembly agreed to delay due installments for the Defaulters Fund and support families, in the shadow of the coronavirus ramifications.
2020 -- The National Assembly passed amendments on some penal laws measures, civil and commercial litigations on disputes as well as commercial advertisements, and digitization of permits for individuals and companies.
2020 -- Ahmad Yusuf Behbehani, the former deputy chairman of Kuwait News Agency, passed away at the age of 79.
2021 -- The Cabinet restricted citizens' travel unless they take two jabs against the coronavirus.
2021 -- The Cabinet allowed non-Kuwaitis to enter the country provided they take two jabs against the coronavirus, effective August 1. (end) gta