KUWAIT, March 22 (KUNA) -- 1917 -- Britain opened the first telegraph office between Kuwait and Basra in the era of Sheikh Salem Al-Mubarak the 9th ruler of Kuwait.
1981 -- The Crown Prince and Prime Minister Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah issued a decision for the statute of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development.
1991 -- Kuwait exported the first shipment of refined petroleum products after the repair of some oil facilities destroyed during the Iraqi invasion.
1998 -- The Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issued decree No. 24/1998 to form the 18th cabinet in the history of Kuwait, headed by the Crown Prince Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah included 14 ministers.
2004 -- National Assembly debated an interpellation motion filed by MP Musallam Al-Barrak against Minister of Finance Mahmoud Al-Nouri. The session ended with a vote of confidence against in the minister. However, the Parliament, at a session on March 22, 2004, renewed confidence in Minister Al-Nouri.
2011 -- A Kuwaiti project by the research petroleum center of Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) won a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for two processes related to catalysts in petroleum refining.
2014 -- Kuwaiti jet skier Hamad Al-Dallai won first place at the fifth round of the UAE national tournament held in Dubai.
2016 -- Kuwait and Malaysia signed commercial cooperation agreement. (end) rk