In Kuwait
1955 — the Mylrea Memorial Hospital opens
The hospital opened with a large ceremony attended by the Amir, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, senior officials, and the American Mission that had built it. It served until the spread of government hospitals made it unnecessary.
1961 — Kuwait’s first ambassador to Britain
Khalifa Al-Ghanim presented his credentials to the Queen as Kuwait’s first ambassador to the United Kingdom.
1961 — the country divided into constituencies
Law 25 of 1961 set the rules for electing the Constituent Assembly, and its first article split Kuwait into twenty districts returning one member each. The article was changed before it ever took effect: law 28 of 1961 made it ten districts returning two members each.
1990 — a decree on the stolen banknotes
The Amir, Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, issued a decree releasing Kuwait from any obligation to honour the value of banknotes taken from the Central Bank’s vaults during the Iraqi invasion.
2007 — two world awards for Kuwaiti software
Kuwait took two prizes at the United Nations World Summit Award, held in Croatia with more than 160 countries taking part: one for «Ibsar», which lets blind users work an ordinary computer, and one for a programme addressing speech difficulties in Arabic.
2008 — the Abu Halifa health centre opens
Health minister Ali Al-Barrak opened the Abu Halifa health centre, serving 85,000 residents of the area with dentistry, diabetes care, maternity and school health among its services.
Source: Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) — On This Day in Kuwait.
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