22 October: What Happened On This Day

In Kuwait

1960 — A Credit Bank by Decree

Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah issued Decree-Law 40 of 1960 founding the Credit Bank, to ease lending for housing, industry and farming.

1961 — A Franchise for the Flour Mills

Decree-Law 29 of 1961 set up the Kuwait Flour Mills Company and granted it a franchise.

1966 — An Embassy in the Netherlands

Kuwait opened an embassy in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

1997 — First Contract in West Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh

The Public Authority for Housing Welfare signed the first contract under Law 27 of 1995, which opened vacant state land to private developers for public housing. The project was in West Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh.

2008 — A Gene Mutation Found at Kuwait University

The genetic diseases unit at Kuwait University’s Faculty of Medicine identified a gene mutation behind congenital glaucoma in children in Kuwait. The finding was published in a major American journal.

2010 — Crossing the Border with a Smart ID

Kuwaiti and Saudi citizens were allowed to enter and leave Kuwait using their smart national ID card at every official land, sea and air crossing.

2010 — Trap Shooting Gold in Almaty

Kuwait’s trap team of Khaled Al-Mudhaf, Nasser Al-Meqlad and Abdulrahman Al-Faihan won gold at the clay shooting Grand Prix in Almaty, Kazakhstan, scoring 341 out of 375.

Source: Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) — On This Day in Kuwait (Arabic).