In Kuwait
1960 — The municipality hands out plots in South Shuwaikh
Kuwait Municipality distributed the residential plots of South Shuwaikh to those entitled to them — thirty-two in all.
1962 — The Rawdatain water scheme is completed
The Rawdatain project was completed and fresh water reached Kuwait — one of the works that changed daily life before desalination was built out.
1964 — The Kuwait Building and Construction Company is founded
The company was established to put up buildings from prefabricated units and to carry out other construction work.
1991 — The Security Council adopts resolution 712
The Security Council adopted resolution 712 at its 3008th meeting by thirteen votes to one with one abstention, under the item on the situation between Iraq and Kuwait. It allowed funds to be released from the escrow account for food, medicine and essential civilian supplies, with a share of oil sale proceeds going to the UN Compensation Fund.
2001 — The Middle East’s first DNA identification laboratory opens
The Ministry of Interior opened a DNA identification laboratory in the General Department of Criminal Evidence — the first of its kind in the Middle East.
In the world
1991 — Ötzi the Iceman is found in the Alps
Two German hikers, Erika and Helmut Simon, found a frozen body at the Tisenjoch pass in the Alps at 3,210 metres. The man turned out to have lived some 5,300 years ago, and became known as Ötzi the Iceman.
1985 — The Michoacán earthquake strikes Mexico
A magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Michoacán at 13:17 UTC, causing widespread destruction in Mexico City, some 350 kilometres from the epicentre.
Source: Kuwait News Agency, “On this day in Kuwait” · United Nations Digital Library · South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology · United States Geological Survey.
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