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Today in Kuwait history:

1976 -- The Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah issued a law regulating commodities' prices. 1976 -- The Amir Sheikh Sabah Al=Salem Al-Sabah issued a law regarding phones' misuse. 1992 -- The Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issued a decree whereby establishing the bureau for social development. 2001 -- Kuwait and Saudi Arabia inked lists including names of Saudi citizens eligible to own housing plots in New Khairan region. 2019 -- The Foreign Ministry declared taking over jurisdictions of the National Committee for the POWs and Missing. 2021 -- Kuwait gained permanent membership in the WHO Program for International Drug Monitoring. 2021 -- Ministry of Communication issued post stamp titled (Kuwait combats coronavirus pandemic), a collaboration between the ministry and the Kuwaiti society for stamps and coins collectors to document this turbulent time in history. Source: Kuwait News Agency