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Jacques Cousteau born in Saint-André-de-Cubzac, in southwestern France, on June 11, 1910. His parents were Daniel and Elizabeth Cousteau.
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Jacques Cousteau suffered stomach problems as a young child. He showed a lifelong passion for water and learned to swim at age four.
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At 13, Jacques Cousteau when to boarding school. Also, he started to have a curiosity with mechanical objects.
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Jacques Cousteau went to Ecole Navale (French Naval Academy) at Brest, France.
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In 1933, he got in a major car crash hat almost took his life. He began a journey and a fascination the underwater world during rehab.
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In 1937, he got married to a women named Simone Melchior. After marriage they had two sons Jean-Michel and Phillipe Cousteau.
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While living in Paris when they fell to the Nazis Jacques Cousteau and his family took refuge in a small town called Megreve, near the Swiss border. He join the French Resistance as a spy.
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Jacques Cousteau invented the aqualung, an device that took scuba diving to the next level.
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In 1948, Jacques Cousteau and Philippe Tailliez, expert divers, and academic scientists found a roman shipwreck, Mahdia.
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In 1953, The Silent World and later got a award winning film.
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In 1968, Jacques Cousteau released "The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau" a nine season underwater exploration show staring Jacques Cousteau.
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In 1980, Jacques Cousteau invented a sailing object called the Turbisail. This took sailing to another level.
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On June 25, 1997, Jacques Cousteau died of a heart attack at the age of 87.
