KUWAIT: 1960 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah signs a decree changing the name of the Department of Finance into the Department of Finance and Economy.

1975 -- Ministry of Oil forms a committee tasked with preparing and supervising the implementation of a plan for the oil industries policy.

1980 -- Kuwait national football team loses 1-2 to the Soviet Union in quarterfinals of the Moscow Olympic Games.

1991 -- State of Kuwait exports its first crude oil shipment following the liberation from the invasion and occupation of Iraq.

1994 -- State of Kuwait and Syria sign an agreement to establish a holding company with a capital of USD 200 million. The Damascus-based company would be operating in tourism, development and investment.

1997 -- Kuwait government approves a bill to provide health insurance for non-Kuwaitis.

1998 -- Kuwait’s Abdullah Al-Rashidi wins the world skeet championship, held in Barcelona, Spain.

2000 -- Kuwait Petroleum Corporation signs a MoU with Qatar’s Petroleum Corporation and Exxon Mobile to supply Kuwait with gas.

2007 -- Kuwait’s Judo team wins the GCC championship with 22 medals: 14 gold, four silver and four bronze.

2013 -- Some 439,715 Kuwaiti voters head to polling stations to select 50 MPs for the 14th legislative term.

2016 -- Kuwaiti engineer Mejbel Al-Mutawa, CEO of Kuwait Scientific Center, passes away at the age of 62.

2017 -- Information Ministry revokes license of Al-Kout’s satellite channel in implementation of a court order concerning the so-called (Al-Abdali cell) case, and imprisonment of a co-owner.—KUNA