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Iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait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