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.
Robert Ballard

Born: June 30, 1942 (age 83)
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)