1907 — Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah, Kuwait’s 7th ruler, and the British political agent agreed on leasing Al-Shuwaikh harbor for docking ships of the British navy fleet.
1956 — Kuwait government printing house was inaugurated.
1967 — Abdullah Al-Fadhala, a singer, writer and composer, died at the age of 67. He was the first citizen to use piano in Kuwaiti music.
1983 — Kuwait Airways took delivery of the first plane, Airbus A-310, as part of a deal to purchase eight aircraft.
1990 — The Kuwaiti popular convention concluded in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with a declaration emphatically rejecting the Iraqi occupation of the State of Kuwait.
2003 — Kuwait Sporting Club was crowned champion of the 23rd GCC basketball tournament, beating Al-Rayyan of Qatar 71-67.
2004 — Al-Rai television channel, the first Kuwaiti private channel, began transmission.
2018 — Kuwait Airways signed a deal with Airbus to buy eight medium and long-range A-330-800 neo aircraft.
2022 — Kuwait Sporting Club won the Arab 34th Arab B
asketball championship for the first time in the club’s history, beating Egypt’s Al-Ahli 78-77.
Source: Kuwait News Agency