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Shipping Events in History



1990 Event - Exxon Corp and Exxon Shipping are indicted on 5 criminal counts (Valdez)

1975 Death - Aristotle S Onassis, Greek shipping magnate, dies at 69

1959 Event - St. Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic, Great Lakes opens to shipping

1957 Event - Suez Canal cleared for all shipping

1942 Event - German U-boats begin harassing shipping on U.S. east coast

1935 Birthday - Vincent Weir 3rd baron Inverforth, Scottish shipping magnate

1909 Birthday - Stavros Niachos, born in Greece, shipping magnate, Those Fabulous Greeks

1906 Birthday - Aristotle Onassis, born in Greece, rich shipping magnate

1901 Event - Arch Rock, danger to Bay shipping, blasted with 30 tons of nitro

1884 Death - Arnoldus Pannevis, South African shipping agent/linguist, dies at 46

1882 Event - Matson founds his shipping company (San Francisco and Hawaii)









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