Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Robert Ballard

Born: June 30, 1942 (age 82)
Bio: Robert Duane Ballard is a retired United States Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is most noted for his work in underwater archaeology: maritime archaeology and archaeology of shipwrecks.
Known for:
- The discovery of the Titanic (1987)
- Exploring the Titanic (1988)
- Finding the Titanic (1993)