July 5. Kazinform's timeline of major events
EVENTS
1961 - The first gusher occurs at No.6 oil well of the Zhetybai oilfield in Mangistau region paving the way to the rapid development of the region.
1998 - Former President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and First President of Russia Boris Yeltsin sign the Treaty on Eternal Friendship and Cooperation between Kazakhstan and Russia.
2010 - The Customs Union including Kazakhstan, Russia, and Belarus becomes operational.
2013 - The Space Development Institute is registered, with Kazcosmos head Talgat Mussabayev as its President.
2017 - 17-year-old Kazakhstani Zhansaya Abdumalik achieves the men's grandmaster morn for the first time in the history of Kazakh chess at the World Open 2017 in Philadelphia.
2017 - The first electric vehicle charging industrial station with a capacity of 50kW opens in Astana.
2018 - The Astana International Financial Center is officially opened in Astana.
2020 - National Geographic photographers hold the special photo exhibition of pictures of Nur-Sultan. In particular, the photos taken by world-famous photographer George Steinmetz were on display.