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Shipping


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

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

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

1957 Suez Canal cleared for all shipping

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

1935 Vincent Weir 3rd baron Inverforth, Scottish shipping magnate

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

1906 Aristotle Onassis, born in Greece, rich shipping magnate

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

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

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


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