KUWAIT, Oct 14 (KUNA) --
1900 -- A French vessel visited Kuwait during rule of the seventh ruler Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah. An officer on the ship took photos considered to be the first taken of Kuwait.
1967 -- Kuwait Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah signed a decree supporting Arab countries directly affected by the Israeli aggression and occupation, with KD 55 million.
1968 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah signed a decree to establish a Military College. Studies began on November 2 with the first batch of officers graduating in May 1970.
1969 -- Kuwait Police Academy received its first group of cadets.
1972 -- Kuwait Blind Association was established.
1993 -- Former Board Chairman of Kuwait Blind Association Hamad Al-Humaidi passed away at the age of 76. Al-Humaidi held a diploma from Cairo in the teaching of the blind.
2013 -- Oqab Mohammad Al-Khatib, a pioneer of the educational and theater movement in Kuwait, passed away at the age of 92.
2017 -- Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) and Mali signed a KD 9.5 million-loan agreement to fund a water project in the West African country.
2021 -- Historian and media figure Saif Marzouq Al-Shamlan passed away at the age of 94.
2021 -- Kuwaiti director and pioneer of the country's cinema movement Khaled Al-Seddiq Bastaki died at the age of 76 after an extensive career in production, cinema and television, namely the film "Bas Ya Bahar" in 1972.
2024 -- Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) and the King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Center signed a grant worth USD seven million to contribute to the cancer treatment of Syrian refugees in the Kingdom of Jordan. (end) gta