Today in Kuwait's History : 17/12/2018

KUWAIT, Dec 17 (KUNA) -- 1967 -- An Amiri Decree is issued on defining demarcation lines of Kuwait's regional waters.
1967 -- An Amiri Decree is issued on demarcating Kuwait's borders with Saudi Arabia, which is ratified by the joint technical committee on June 27, 1967.
1969 -- Finland opens embassy in Kuwait.
1979 -- Kuwaiti singer Awadh Al-Doukhi passes away at the age of 47.
1980 -- Law number 99/1980 is issued to re-define the electoral constituencies for the National Assembly membership, where Kuwait was divided into 25 electoral districts for the selection of two MPs from each district.
1984 -- The Doha water desalination plant is inaugurated.
1995 -- The Loans and Savings Bank halts all savings activities and interest on savings accounts.
1998 -- Al-Arabi football club wins the inaugural Mohammad Abdulmohsen Al-Kharafi Cup.
2002 -- Sheikh Nasser Saud Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah passes away at the age of 81. He was one of those behind turning the Salmiya area into a commercial district.
2003 -- A medical team from Al-Bahar Ophthalmology Center succeeds in the first operation of its kind in Kuwait and the region using a speculum.
2006 -- Information Minister Mohammad Nasser Al-Sanousi resigns a day before his scheduled interpellation by MP Dr. Faisal Al-Mislem. The interpellation focused on the minister's violation of rights and the principle of cooperation between the two authorities, and his alleged failure of shouldering responsibilities of his ministerial tasks.
2009 -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah opened the marine side of the Sabah Al-Ahmad city project in Al-Khairan area.
2016 -- Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS), in cooperation with its Qatari counterpart, delivers first batch of relief aid to the city of Aleppo in Syria.
2010 -- Kuwaiti businessman Wael Al-Saqer passes away at age 64. (end) gta