KUWAIT, May 21 (KUNA)
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1961 -- An official census showed that Kuwait's population was 321,621, including 201,471 male amd 120,150 female citizens.
1961 -- Al-Ahli Sports Club, founded in 1951. It was later rebranded as Kuwait Sports Club.
1968 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah signed a decree on the police force system.
1968 -- Kuwait Tennis Federation was established.
1974 -- MPs Ahmad Al-Nefisi, Abdullah Al-Naibari and Salem Al-Marzouq submitted a motion of interpellation against Minister of Finance and Oil Abdulrahman Al-Atiqi regarding Kuwait's oil reserves, the number of Kuwaiti cadres in the oil sector. The motion resulted in renewing confidence in the minister.
1996 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah instructed settlement of accumulated debts on Kuwaiti sports clubs, which was at KD 5.1 million.
2002 -- Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued a decision allowing GCC citizens to practice economic and professional activities in Kuwait, in tune with the GCC unified economic agreement and the GCC higher council decision taken in the 2000 Manama meeting.
2006 -- The Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah signed a decree dissolving the National Assembly due to divisions among MPs, exchange of accusations and discussion of trivial matters that hindered its activities and harmed the State's higher interests. The Amir stressed, in a speech, that it was important to preserve the State's security and stability and criticize without defamation.
2014 -- Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development and Yemen's government signed a USD 93 million agreement to support rural development.
2014 -- Kuwaiti poet and media figure Hamad Al-Azab passed away.
2015 -- Kuwait Petroleum International inaugurated the first natural gas station in Belgium.
2015 -- Former National Assembly speaker Jassem Al-Kharafi passed away at 75. The deceased was a minister of finance and economy in 1985. He was member of parliament in 1975, 1981, 1985, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2008 and 2009. Al-Kharafi was speaker in 1999-2011.
2022 -- Voters headed to polls to choose eight representatives for the Municipal Council. Members for the 7th and 10th constituencies were chosen by nomination due to the lack of candidates in each district.
2024 -- Qadsia SC won Kuwait Amir Football Cup for the 17th time in the club's history, beating Salmiya SC 1-0.
2024 -- Hamza Al-Khayyat, an Arabic language techer and linguist, passed away at the age of 69. He wrote many books that would make the learning of Arabic easy. (end) bs