KUWAIT CITY, Nov 5: The Kuwaiti Philatelic and Numismatic Society held a lecture on Tuesday titled “The History of Coins in Kuwait,” offering an in-depth review of the evolution of coinage in the ...

1948 -- Publication of first issue of the monthly magazine, Kathma, the first to be released in Kuwait. 1961 -- H.H. the Amir, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, agrees to resort to the ...

1990 -- The ministerial council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) holds an emergency session in Cairo, during which it condemned the brutal Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and called on Iraq to withdraw ...

1959 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah signed a decree regulating the judiciary. 1999 -- The UN Secretary General designated Kuwait's Higher Education Undersecretary Dr. Rasha Al-Sabah ...

1960 -- State of Kuwait joined the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). 1960 -- The Kuwaiti poet Fahad Bouresli, known for his colloquial poetry, passed away at age 42. 1961 -- Head of ...

1879 -- Authorities launch postal services in Kuwait under supervision of the Indian postal department (until 1904). 1923 -- The first batch of stamps named after Kuwait has been issued. 1957 -- ...

1966 -- Kuwait Handball Association was proclaimed and accepted as member of the Kuwait Olympic Committee in May of the same year. It joined the International Handball Federation in 1970. 1977 -- ...