KUWAIT: 1966 -- Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) exports first shipment of aluminum sulfate fertilizer to Iraq.

1990 -- Iraqi troops invade Kuwait and seize the Amir's Dasman Palace in a surprise early dawn attack.

1990 -- Sheikh Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah was killed by invading Iraqi forces while the martyr was defending

his nation in a battle with Iraqi forces at Dasman Palace. He was 45 years old.

1990 -- Addressing the Kuwaiti people, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah said Kuwait was facing a brutal invasion by "enemies of love and peace." 1990 -- The UN Security

Council, condemns in a unanimous vote, the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in an emergency meeting after calls by

Kuwait and the United States. Resolution 660 was issued calling for the unconditional withdrawal of all Iraqi

forces to their pre-August positions.

1998 -- Kuwait Fencing Team for the Handicapped snatch the gold medal in international competitions in

Germany.

2006 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah signs a decree to give every Kuwaiti citizen a grant of

KD 200.

2006 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah signs a law on allocations for head of state to include

KD 50 million as salary per year.

2009 -- Ministry of Health inaugurates the pre-marriage medical checkup facility in Al-Sabah medical area.

2013 -- Minister of Education and Higher Education and former Minister of Health Anwar Al-Nouri passes

away at the age of 72.

2014 -- Renowned Kuwaiti poet, Sayyah Al-Adawni passes away. He was 76. The deceased had also

contributed to the media sector.

2021 -- Former Ministry of Information Undersecretary Mubarak Al-Adwani passes away at 62. The deceased

began his career in journalism in 1988. He held the position of Information Ministry Undersecretary from 1999

and 2003. He was also deputy permanent representative for the UN Development Program in Kuwait.

2022 -- An Amiri decree was issued dissolving the National Assembly. The decree stated that "To rectify the

political scene involving lack of harmony and cooperation, in addition to differences, conflicts, personal

interests, failure to accept others, practices and behaviors that undermine national unity, it was a must to

resort to the people who represent the destiny, extension, suurvival and existence so that they could rectify the

path in a way that serves their supreme interests". -KUNAA