2014 Event Colombian coffee company Juan Valdez announces plans to go public in a couple of years; in the meantime, the company plans to expand its higher-end coffee shops around the globe in direct competition with Starbucks 1993 Death Jose Duval, actor (Juan Valdez), dies at 72 1991 Event Exxon pays $1-billion dollars in fines and cleanup of Valdez oil spill 1990 Event Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound and pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill 1990 Event Anchorage jury finds Captain Hazelwood innocent of Valdez oil spill 1990 Event Exxon Corp and Exxon Shipping are indicted on 5 criminal counts (Valdez) 1990 Event Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood goes on trial due to oil spill 1989 Death Joe Valdez Caballero, creator of hard taco, shell, dies at 81 1989 Event Worst U.S. oil spill, Exxon's Valdez spills 11.3 mil gallons off Alaska 1983 Death Rodolfo Hoyos, actor (Luis-Viva Valdez), dies at 68 1977 Event 1st oil through the TransAlaska Pipeline System reach Valdez, Alaska 1977 Event Oil enters Trans-Alaska pipeline exits 38 days later at Valdez 1927 Birthday Carmen Zapata, born in New York City, actress, Hagen, Viva Valdez, Man and the City
