Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Born: June 11, 1910
Died: June 25, 1997 (aged 87)
Bio: Jacques-Yves Cousteau was a French naval officer, explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water.
Known for:
- The Silent World (1956)
- World Without Sun (1964)
- The Golden Fish (1959)
- Par dix-huit mètres de fond (1943)
- Cries from the Deep (1982)