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.
Thomas Edison died of complications of diabetes on October 18, 1931, in his home, Glenmont, in West Orange, New Jersey. He was 84 years old. Many communities and corporations throughout the world dimmed their lights or briefly turned off their electrical power to commemorate his passing.