1910  Born June 10th in France

1918  Attends the 3rd grade

1930  Enters the French Navy

1932  First trip around the world

1936  First undersea dive

1943  Designs the aqualung along with friend Emile Gagnan

1950  Buys and sails the Calypso

1953  The Silent World is published

1964  World Without Sun wins an Academy Award

1966  Television series The Undersea Voyage of Jacques Cousteau begins

1973  The Cousteau Society is founded

1996  The Calypso sinks; later raised and made into a museum

1997  Cousteau dies at the age of 87