Quote of the day
Madness is the absolute break with the work of art; it forms the constitutive moment of abolition, which dissolves in time the truth of the work of art.
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)