10 November: What Happened On This Day
A police college, a sovereignty statement, and a Guinness record in fireworks.
In Kuwait
1968 — Kuwait Opens a Police College
Kuwait established a Police College. Its first intake of cadets enrolled in October 1969.
1994 — Iraq Recognises Kuwait’s Sovereignty
In an official statement, Iraq’s Revolutionary Command Council recognised Kuwait’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence, in line with UN Security Council Resolution 833 (1993).
2010 — Fayza Al-Kharafi Wins a Women in Science Award
UNESCO announced that Professor Fayza Al-Kharafi, a chemist at Kuwait University, had won the 2011 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science award for Africa and the Arab States, for her research on corrosion in water treatment and the oil industry.
2012 — A Guinness Record in Fireworks
Kuwait entered Guinness World Records with the largest fireworks display ever staged, held to mark 50 years of the constitution.
2019 — Saud Habib Qualifies for Tokyo
Kuwaiti shooter Saud Habib secured a place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after taking bronze in skeet at the 14th Asian Shooting Championship in Qatar.
Source: Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), On This Day in Kuwait, 10 November.
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