KUWAIT, Sept 19 (KUNA)

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1960 -- The municipality distributes 32 housing plots in Shuwaikh.
1962 -- The government secures drinking water from Rawdatain field to Kuwaiti towns.
2000 -- The former MP Mohammad Hamad Al-Barrak dies at the age of 70. He participated in parliamentary activities since the first umma assembly in 1953. He was also a committee member for drafting the constitution.
2001 -- The ministry of interior opens the DNA stamp laboratory, the first of its kind in the Middle East.
2001 -- Kuwait Olympic Committee inks a memo allowing GCC countries' citizens to play as citizens in any team of te council member states.
2008 -- Washington University grants His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, the prime minister, a medal in honor of his service for the country and people of Kuwait.
2012 -- Kuwait wins "the government electronic shield," award granted by an Arab League affiliate.
2013 -- Kuwait and the IAEA sign a cooperation treaty regulating safeguards of nuclear applications in medical, industrial and environmental sectors.
2019 -- Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development signs a USD three million treaty with UNICEF to secure clean water for Gaza. (end) mbr.rk