26 October: What Happened On This Day

In Kuwait

1963 — Morocco’s First Ambassador

Ambassador Al-Fatimi Ibn Suleiman presented his credentials to Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, becoming Morocco’s first ambassador to the State of Kuwait.

1990 — Oil Wells Mined

Iraqi occupation forces began planting explosives in more than 300 of Kuwait’s oil wells, out of roughly a thousand in the country at the time.

2008 — Gold for Tareq Al-Qallaf

Tareq Al-Qallaf, of the Kuwait Club for the Disabled, won épée gold at the World Champion of Champions fencing event in Milan, Italy.

2010 — Skeet Gold in Almaty

Kuwait’s skeet team — Salah Al-Mutairi, Zaid Al-Mutairi and Abdullah Al-Rashidi — won gold at the clay-shooting Grand Prix in Almaty, Kazakhstan, hitting 349 of 375 targets.

2010 — A New Parliamentary Session

The Amir, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, opened the third ordinary session of the National Assembly’s thirteenth legislative term.

2014 — Two New Ministers

Decrees 251 and 252 appointed Dr Badr Ahmad Al-Essa minister of education and of higher education, and Yaqoub Abdulmohsen Al-Sane minister of justice and of awqaf and Islamic affairs.

2015 — Abdulrahman Al-Saeedan Dies

Kuwaiti journalist, writer and historian Abdulrahman Mohammad Al-Saeedan died at the age of 69.

Source: Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), On This Day in Kuwait — 2014 edition and 2016 edition.