2013 Event In Kuwait, voters go to the polls for a general election; half of the parliamentary seats are lost by Shiite candidates 2012 Event In Kuwait, voters go to the polls for a parliamentary election 2011 Event Protesters storm the national Parliament in Kuwait; Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah and his cabinet, resign 1991 Event Banks reopen in liberated Kuwait 1991 Event Emir of Kuwait returns to Kuwait City, after the Iraqis leave 1991 Event Iraq continues to explode oil fields in Kuwait 1991 Event Iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait 1991 Event U.S. Embassy in Kuwait officially reopens 1991 Event 6 week Gulf War ends after Iraqi troops retreated and Kuwait is liberated 1991 Event U.S. insists Iraq publicly announce it is leaving Kuwait by 12 PM EST 1991 Event Bush and U.S. Gulf War allies give Iraq 24 hours to begin Kuwait withdrawal 1991 Event World's largest oil spill, caused by embattled Iraqi forces in Kuwait 1991 Event U.S. and 27 allies attack Iraq for occupying Kuwait (U.S. time) 1991 Event UN's deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait (they don't) 1990 Event Iraq announces it will never give up Kuwait 1990 Event U.S. ambassador to Kuwait, Nathaniel Howell leaves Kuwait 1990 Event Mikhail Gorbachev tells Iraq to get out of Kuwait 1990 Event Saddam offers to free an estimated 2,000 men held in Kuwait 1990 Event President Bush at U.N., condemns Iraq's takeover of Kuwait 1990 Event Exiled emir of Kuwait visits White House 1990 Event Deposed emir of Kuwait address United Nations General Assembly 1990 Event Iraqi troops storm residence of French ambassador in Kuwait 1990 Event Bush and Gorbachev meet in Helsinki and urge Iraq to leave Kuwait 1990 Event Iraqi troops surround U.S. and other embassies in Kuwait City 1990 Event Iraq orders 4,000 Britons and 2,500 Americans in Kuwait to Iraq 1990 Event Iraq annexes Kuwait as its 19th province 1990 Event Radio Kuwait resigns air, due to Iraqi invasion 1990 Event Iraq invades and occupies Kuwait, Emir flees to Saudi Arabia 1990 Event Iraq pulls out of talks with Kuwait 1990 Event U.S. Ambassador tells Iraq, U.S. won't take sides in Iraq - Kuwait dispute 1990 Event U.S. warships in Persian Gulf placed on alert after Iraq masses nearly 30,000 troops near its border with Kuwait 1990 Event Hussein's Revolutionary Day speech claims Kuwait stole oil from Iraq 1986 Event Kuwait's National Assembly (Majlis al Umma) dissolves 1983 Event A truck bomb explodes at U.S. Embassy in Kuwait 1978 Event Crown Prince Sad Abdallah al-Salim Al Sabah becomes Prime Minister of Kuwait 1977 Event Amir Sheikh Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir Al Sabah becomes leader of Kuwait 1973 Event Arabs terrorists shoot passengers on Boeing 737 to Kuwait 1964 Event Egypt/Iraq/Jordan/Kuwait/Syria form common market 1963 Event Kuwait is 111th member of the United Nations 1962 Event Kuwait adopts constitution (1st, Islamitic) 1961 Event Iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees) 1961 Event Iraq demands dominion over Kuwait 1961 Event Kuwait declares independence from U.K. 1960 Event Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia and Venezuela form OPEC 1915 Birthday Red Adair, oilman, fought oil fires in Kuwait 1902 Birthday Ibn Abdul-Aziz Saud, Kuwait, king, Saudi Arabia
