8 November: What Happened On This Day
A union of 14 co-ops, the region’s first VSAT ground station, and gold for Kuwait in fencing and shooting.
In Kuwait
1967 — Rules for Civil Servants’ Study Leave
Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah issued a decree setting the rules for scholarships and study leave for civil servants, so a government employee who wanted to study now had a written system to follow.
1971 — The Union of Cooperative Societies Is Born
Fourteen consumer co-ops came together to found the Union of Consumer Cooperative Societies, a turning point that gave Kuwait’s co-op movement its first organised, collective body.
1995 — The Middle East’s First VSAT Station
The Ministry of Communications opened a VSAT (very small aperture terminal) satellite ground station, the first of its kind in the Middle East.
2002 — World Fencing Gold for Kuwait’s Disabled Athletes
The Kuwait Disabled Sports Club team won the world fencing championship in Austin, Texas. Eleven countries took part, and Kuwait was the only Arab one.
2016 — Best Woman in Oil and Gas
Badriya Ali Abdulrahim, Kuwait Oil Company’s deputy CEO for North Kuwait, won the 2016 award for best woman in oil and gas at the ADIPEC awards in Abu Dhabi.
2018 — An Oil-Testing Laboratory at the Electricity Ministry
The Ministry of Electricity and Water opened an oil-testing laboratory, described as the first and most advanced of its kind in the Middle East.
2019 — Asian Gold in Mixed Trap
Kuwait’s shooting team won gold in the mixed trap event at the Asian Shooting Championship in Qatar.
Source: Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), On This Day in Kuwait, 8 November.
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