1945 — Major Maurice Tandy was named Britain’s political agent in Kuwait. He had served in this post until August 15, 1947.
1967 — The Chemical Petroleum Company exported the first shipment of ammonia to Saudi Arabia.
1972 — The Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah issued a decree-into-law approving an agreement for investing Arab funds and transferring them among Arab countries; inked in Damascus on August 29, 1970, in line with a resolution by the Council of Arab Economic Unity, taken during its 15th regular session.
2017 — The new building of the Central Bank of Kuwait was inaugurated under sponsorship of the Amir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. It was built on a 25,872 sq m plot of land. Its height reached 235 m with 44 floors.
2018 — Kuwait shooting Club won the Arab tournament with cartridges weapons held in Morocco, bagging 12 medals. The championship involved 116 shooters from ten Arab countries.
2021 — Kuwait National Petroleum Company declared operating the hydrogen cracking unit number 214 at Mina Abdullah. It was a new unit affiliated to the environmentally friendly fuel project.
Source: Kuwait News Agency