KUWAIT, Sept 17 (KUNA) -- 1973 -- Naval captain Nasser Abdulateef bin Issa died at 84 years of age. He sailed to India aboard the first dhow "Alboom" in 1917.
1986 -- Kuwait oil tanker "Al-Fintas" came under attack some 35 nautical miles east of Al-Khafji. A fire erupts in a rear reservoir.
1992 -- Actress Aisha Ibrahim died at 48 of age. She was an eminent actress that had taken part in theatrical works at the local, Arab and Gulf levels. She also contributed to establishment of Free Theater Band in 1974.
1993 -- The UN commission for demarcating the Kuwait-Iraq borders was dissolved.
2001 -- The Ministry of Health launched the electronic file project at clinics, replacing paper files.
2006 -- Former MP Jassem Hamad Al-Sager died at 88. He wass the first Kuwaiti youth to earn a university certificate in law. He has also run the mass circulation "Al-Qabas" as board chairman in 1977, has served as a parliament member in 1975, 1981 and 1992.
2008 -- The Constitutional Court stripped MP Mubarak Al-Waalan of his parliamentary membership; while Askar Al-Enezi won a seat. Abdullah Al-Ajmi also lost his membership and Saadoun Al-Otaibi won a seat in the assembly.
2013 -- State of Kuwait and the preparatory committee of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) inked an accord for managing the radioactive (RN-40) station, established at the premises of Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR).
2013 -- Al-Tadamon Sport Club won the Asian weightlifting tournament held in North Korea, Kuwait's first such achievement at the Asian level.
2018 -- Kuwait Oil Company declared successful production of 500 million feet of Jurassic gas and 175,000 barrels of light crude oil per day.
2024 -- Kuwait government approved a draft decree suspending health insurance for reitred citizens for one year. (end) eng