Singapore

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Sources

1. BookThe Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger

Relations

location of:

• Former Ford Factory

  Sources: A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II

• Tanjong Pagar Terminal

  Sources: The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger

founded by:

• Stamford Rafflessince 1819

  Sources: The Honourable Company: A History of the English East India Company

Appears in6 items

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  Pandemics1 item
  • The 1957–1958 influenza pandemicFeb 1957
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  The East India Company1 item
  • 
    Raffles founds Singapore6 Feb 1819
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  The Shipping Container3 items
  • Singapore’s Tanjong Pagar terminal takes its first container ship23 Jun 1972
  • 
    Maersk moves its hub to Tanjung Pelepas2000
  • Shanghai becomes the world’s busiest container port2010
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  World War II1 item
  • 
    Singapore surrenders15 Feb 1942