On This Day
28 August: What Happened On This Day
Iraq declared Kuwait its nineteenth province and named it Kadhima, and the key to the Peace Palace was handed over in The Hague.
On This Day
What happened in Kuwait on this date. Documented dates: events, births and deaths, what was founded and what changed, and moments from politics, art, music, theatre and Kuwait’s relations with the world.
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On This Day
27 August: What Happened On This Day
The first Soviet ambassador presented his papers, a roundabout took the name of the United Nations, and a Kuwaiti professor began a mandate that ran seven years. Abroad: one oil well, and a pact outlawing war.
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26 August: What Happened On This Day
A supreme petroleum council founded under the prime minister with four ministers and no more, a guarantee of the demarcated border, and the American vote for women taking effect by a signature.
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25 August: What Happened On This Day
The Security Council authorised stopping ships after the invasion of Kuwait, Voyager 1 crossed out of the solar system, and a Finnish student called his project just a hobby.
