KUWAIT, Feb 12 : 1962 — Kuwait Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah signed a decree establishing governorates of Al-Assima (the capital), Hawally and Al-Ahmadi.
1966 — The Ministry of Social Affairs proclaimed the Kuwaiti Sea Sports Club.
1973 — Al-Shuwaikh High School Stadium witnessed a historic match between the Kuwaiti Qadsia SC soccer team and the Brazilian team Santos. More than 30,000 spectators attended the encounter. Legendary Brazilian star Pele scored a single goal and Jaseem Yaaqoub of Qadsia equalized with a single one.
1975 — Renowned Kuwaiti singer Abdullatif Al-Obaid, better known as Abullatif Al-Kuwaiti, passed away at the age of 74. He was the first to record a song abroad and sang tens of Arab songs.1995 — Boubyan Petrochemical Company was established.
2002 — Kuwaiti surgeon Dr. Jamal Al-Marjan conducted an unprecedented surgery for a 70-year-old blind person, implanting a prosthetic cornea and restoring his eyesight.
2016 — A Guinness team attended a display of a huge Kuwait Flag in an aerial show over South Kuwait, recording it as the longest flag in the world.
2017 — The Arab Writers Union granted “The Jerusalem Poet Award” to the Kuwaiti poet, Dr. Khalifa Al-Wugayyan.
2018 — A conference grouping NGOs, held in Kuwait, pledged USD 330 million for war-damaged areas in Iraq.
2020 — The former president of the Kuwaiti Football Association and Qadsia SC, Abdulaziz Al-Mekhled, passed away at the age of 85. — KUNA
