KUWAIT, Jan 17 : 1962 — Kuwait Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah signed a decree approving formation of the Gulf State’s first government. The 14-member cabinet had a mandate of writing a constitution.
1981 — Abdullah Al-Nouri, a scholar, teacher and was the director of Kuwait Radio in 1955, passed away at age of 76.
1991 — Operation Desert Storm to liberate State of Kuwait from the Iraqi occupation launched its first airstrikes. Up to 580,000 international coalition soldiers were deployed against 540,000 Iraqi troops.
2013 — State of Kuwait handed USD seven million over to the UN to support services for Syrian refugees.
2015 — Al-Babtain Center for Burns and Plastic Surgery’s surgeons conducted a new method to treat a deformation of the skull of a patient.
2016 — Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah instructed cuts in the Amiri Diwan budget due to declining oil prices.
2018 — Kuwait Ministry of Health announced success of the first liver transplant operation of a Kuwaiti patient who was suffering from complete failure in functions of liver.
2019 — State of Kuwait donated USD five million to UN refugee agency’s (UNHCR) programs for the Syrian refugees in neighboring countries.
2019 — Renowned actor Hamad Nasser passed away at age of 76.
2022 — The Cabinet implemented seven-day home quarantine on vaccinated arrivals in Kuwait, as part of the country’s efforts to fight COVID-19.
2023 — Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) launched Al-Zour refinery’s laboratories, the largest in capacity in the Middle East.
2024 — An Amiri decree was issued to form the 45th ministry, headed by Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. — KUNA
