Oil tanker sizes range from general purpose to ultra-large crude carriers on AFRA scale. 1  Source: T. Mason Hamilton, U.S. Energy Information Administration. 2  Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, London Tanker Brokers' Panel. Note: AFRAMAX is not an official vessel classification on the AFRA scale but is shown here for comparison.
January 31, 1915 - December 10, 2008. On December 10, 1968 Thomas Merton died of an accidental electric shock from a faulty electric fan in his cottage at the Red Cross Conference Center in Samut Prakan, Thailand.
Brian Epstein dies. Late on the night of Friday 25 August 1967, The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein was found dead at his home in Chapel Street, London. Epstein had invited his assistant Peter Brown and the chief executive of NEMS, Geoffrey Ellis, to spend the bank holiday weekend at Kingsley Hill, his house in Warbleton, East Sussex.