In Kuwait
1950 — Al-Fukaha magazine appears
Al-Fukaha, a fortnightly social magazine printed at Al-Matba’a Al-Ahliya, published its first issue. It closed in February 1952 after nine issues, for lack of money.
1988 — Farwaniya becomes a governorate
The Amir, Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, amended Decree 6 of 1962 on the country’s administrative divisions to create a new governorate: Farwaniya.
1997 — the National Mobile Telecommunications Company is founded
The company was set up to offer mobile phone and paging services. It began trading in 1999 as Kuwait’s first privately owned mobile operator.
1997 — European gold for Adila Al-Roumi
Adila Al-Roumi took first place and gold at the third European powerlifting championship for athletes with disabilities, held in Slovakia with more than 20 countries taking part.
2001 — the writer Khaled Saud Al-Zaid dies
The writer and poet Khaled Saud Al-Zaid died aged 64. He was the first Kuwaiti writer to receive the Kuwait Prize for literature, for his work writing and recording the country’s literary history.
2008 — Yousef Al-Abdulrazzaq, jet-ski world champion
Yousef Al-Abdulrazzaq was crowned world champion in the professional 800-metre personal watercraft class at the championship in the United States.
2015 — the new Al-Razi hospital opens
The new Al-Razi hospital opened in the Al-Sabah specialist health zone, with ten wards, operating theatres, radiology and physiotherapy.
Source: Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) — On This Day in Kuwait.
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