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- Born: July 28, 1922Swissinfo: Deep-sea adventurer Jacques Piccard is dead (November 1, 2008)
- Birthplace: Brussels, BelgiumSwissinfo: Deep-sea adventurer Jacques Piccard is dead (November 1, 2008)
- Record-setting dive sponsored by the U.S. Navy
- Took 3 hours and 15 minutes to ascend from Mariana Trench dive
- Member of the Explorers ClubThe Explorers Club: Famous Firsts: Marianas Trench, Greatest Ocean Depth
- Designed and built bathyscapes, or "deep boats"FOX News: Underwater Explorer Jacques Picard Dies at 86 (November 1, 2008)
- Made his last dive at age 82Swissinfo: Deep-sea adventurer Jacques Piccard is dead (November 1, 2008)
- Death announced by son, Bertrand PiccardSwissinfo: Deep-sea adventurer Jacques Piccard is dead (November 1, 2008)
- Survived by three children: Bertrand, Marie-Laure and Thierry Swissinfo: Deep-sea adventurer Jacques Piccard is dead (November 1, 2008)
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Underwater explorer Jacques Piccard died November 1, 2008 at his home in Geneva, Switzerland. He was 86 years old. Piccard set the record for deepest underwater dive, 35,810 feet, in January 23, 1960. Piccard and Navy Office Don Wash took the dive in a submarine, the Trieste, designed and built by Piccard and his father, Auguste. The record, set in the Mariana trench in the Pacific Ocean, near Guam, has never been broken.Swissinfo: Deep-sea adventurer Jacques Piccard is dead (November 1, 2008)
During their trip, they discovered that, contrary to previous beliefs, marine life lived and thrived at the bottom of the ocean. Because of their discovery, nuclear waste dumping in deep-ocean trenches was outlawed.Swissinfo: Deep-sea adventurer Jacques Piccard is dead (November 1, 2008)
Piccard explored several underwater areas, including the Mariana trench the gulf stream, and Lake Geneva, Switzerland. He continued to dive until he was 82 years old.Swissinfo: Deep-sea adventurer Jacques Piccard is dead (November 1, 2008)
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