Today in Kuwait's History : 13/08/2022

KUWAIT, Aug 13 (KUNA) --

1962 -- Kuwait joins the UN-affiliated radionuclides training center.
1986 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah issues a decree-into-law with respect of aerial photographing.
1990 -- Iraqi occupation forces seize 15 aircraft of Kuwait Airways Corporation and fly them from Kuwait International Airport to Baghdad airport, with Kuwait lodging a theft complaint to the International Civil Aviation Organization.
1990 -- The Kuwaiti Government rejects Iraq's proposals for peace in the Gulf, with the Kuwaiti Cabinet announcing that the Iraqi bid is intended to distract public attention from implementation of the United Nations Security Council resolutions 660, 661 and 662.
1997 -- The Kuwaiti shooting team wins gold medal in the Asian trapshooting tournament held in Brunei.
1998 -- The Kuwaiti equestrian team wins gold medal in the 11th international military tournament hosted by Lebanon.
2015 -- Personnel of Kuwait's Ministry of Interior detain a three-member terrorist cell and seize a large cache of arms and ammunition, concealed in a house.
2016 -- The Kuwaiti shooter Abdullah Al-Rashidi wins bronze medal in the shooting tournament held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2018 -- Chairperson of the Kuwait Society of the Ideal Family Sheikh Fareeha Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah dies at 74.
2020 -- The Kuwaiti Ministry of Finance declares incurring KD 5.6 billion deficit in the financial year ending on March 31, 2020. (end) mt