1904 -- Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah, Kuwait seventh ruler, agreed to assign a British representative in Kuwait, Colonel Knox, who arrived in the country in August 1904.

1956 -- The first Kuwaiti medical mission arrived in the sacred lands of Saudi Arabia to serve pilgrims and provide medical care.

1960 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah issued a law regulating civil aviation.

1986 -- Four interpellation motions have been submitted to the parliament against Minister of Communications Issa Al-Mazidi regarding collections of fees, Minister of Finance and Industry Jassem Al-Kharafi on irregularities in the insurance fund of stocks transactions, Oil Minister Ali Al-Khalifa on incidents that happened at the oil installations and Minister of Education Dr Hassan Al-Ibrahim on financial and administrative irregularities. The motions have not been examined. Parliament was constitutionally dissolved on July 3.

1993 -- Yousef Al-Roumi passed away at the age of 56. He was a pioneer in developing the Kuwaiti media.

2002 -- MPs debated interpellation motion against Minister of Finance Dr. Yousef Al-Ibrahim on mishandling public funds.

2002 -- Utilities Development Company signed with local banks a KD-114.25-million agreement to fund a water sanitation project in Sulaibiya.

2005 -- Kuwait took over presidency of the Islamic Development Bank’s (ISDB) Board of Governors until May of 2006.

2008 -- National Assembly approved law concerning the establishment of a fund for the downdraught and debtors at a capital of KD 500 million.

2010 -- The Kuwaiti Diplomatic Institute graduated the first batch of would-be diplomats. 2015 -- Kuwait ranked first in the Middle East and the seventh globally in external investments, according to a UN report.

2015 -- The National Assembly approved a bill for establishing the National Diwan for Human Rights and a bill for amending Law 21/1962 regarding the diplomatic and consular sectors.

2015 -- The National Assembly approved a bill to establish close shareholding company to recruit domestic workers.

2018 -- Mubarak Al-Hashash died at the age of 70. He was a renowned playwright and scriptwriter for radio and television programs.

2019 -- The National Assembly approved bills on copyrights, public tenders, public universities and employing former teachers at Kuwait University and the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training. — KUNA