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.
In one odd irony, Mother Teresa -- whose work Diana admired and whom Diana had met several times -- died on September 6, and the news of that death was nearly pushed out of the news by the coverage of Diana's funeral. Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest at Althorp, the Spencer estate, on an island in a lake.