KUWAIT, July 12 (KUNA)
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1965 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah signed a law giving Municipality Jurisdiction over assessment of value of real estate the government wished to buy.
1967 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah signed a law naming the head of state as Supreme Commander of Armed Forces. The law specified duties of the army to defending the borders of the nation. The army consisted of land, navy and air forces.
1981 -- Abdullah Al-Nouri Charity Society was established with the purpose of helping Muslims by building mosques, schools, centers, orphanages and hospitals in Muslim countries.
1984 -- Johar Salem, a renowned actor who joined the Arab Theater Troupe in 1962, passed away at age of 53. The deceased won the best supporting actor award for the 1980 play (Nora).
1986 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah signed a decree regarding formation of the nation's 13th government. Crown Prince and Prime Minister Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah chaired the 21-member cabinet.
1998 -- Kuwait Oil Tankers Company (KOTC) inaugurated the Shaqaya oil tanker from the Hyundai shipyard in South Korea. The double-hull tanker had a capacity of 309,000 tons.
1998 -- A society for families of Kuwaiti prisoners in Iraq was established. The society aimed to highlight humanitarian causes of Kuwait including Kuwaiti people who were arrested by the Iraqi forces during their invasion and occupation of Kuwait in 1990-91. The society later changed its name to the families of Kuwaiti martyrs, prisoners and missing.
2000 -- Kuwait National Assembly approved an agreement with Saudi Arabia to demarcate marine borders, considering it a historic accord.
2003 -- Abdullah Al-Qassar, one of Kuwait's famous artists and one of founders of Kuwait Art Association, passed away at age of 62. Al-Qassar won many Arab and international awards.
2004 -- Privately-owned Jazeera Airways was established with KD-10-million capital.
2006 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah opened the parliament's first term of the 11th legislative session. Jassem Al-Kharafi was elected as speaker and Mohammad Al-Busairi as his deputy.
2018 -- Ministry of Financed signed a KD-6.8-million GIS project contract with ZAK Solutions Company as part of an international consortium led by US Axela.
2018 -- Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development signed a KD-50-million (USD 170 million) loan agreement with Egypt to finance a water project.
2018 -- Kuwait national team came second with seven gold medals in West Asia Athletics Championship in Jordan.
2021 -- Kuwait Government directed the Ministry of Defense and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation to put their own facilities at the disposal of the country's health sector in a bid to curb the spreading of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 -- Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research launched Spanish-made 55.5-meter-long and 12-meter-wide research ship (The Explorer). Equipped with the latest equipment, the "Explorer" was able to navigate for 19 days continuously and includes seven specialized laboratories, mainly aiming at developing the country's oceanological research and safeguard vital marine resources.
2021 -- Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) announces receiving its first liquefied natural gas shipment. The 213,000-cubic-meter shipment was delivered by a Qatari tanker.
2021 -- Kuwait Integrated Industrial Petroleum Company (KIPIC) announced the arrival of Qatar's first liquefied natural gas shipment of 213,000 cubic meters in Kuwait.
2023 -- Civil Service Commission decided to allow Kuwaiti employees to have a job while studying in the country.
2024 -- Sabah Al-Ahmad Center for Giftedness and Creativity announced Kuwaiti inventor Sara Abu Arjeeb's won of one of the nine world WIPO awards from Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). (end) mbr.nsn.mt