1841 — Sheikh Abdullah I, Kuwait’s second ruler, died. He governed the country from 1776 to 1814.
1967 — The Kuwaiti Government granted the Kuwaiti-Spanish Petroleum Company a 35-year concession for oil exploration in the 9,100 square kilometer so-called “abandoned zone.” 1985 — Members of the Kuwaiti National Assembly (parliament) debated axes o…