History of scuba diving the high number of recreational scuba accidents. this started with informal training and led to the creation of training and certification agencies. BS-AC was formed in 1953, CMAS in 1959, NAUI in 1960 and PADI in 1966. The sport of scuba diving had its roots among the multitude of small enthusiastic snorkelling and spearfishing clubs in the decades just before and after the Second World War. After the invention of the "aqualung" by Cousteau and Gagnan, the first commercially marketed underwater breathing apparatus became available for sale for sporting purposes in the late 1940s. In 1951, Jim Auxie Jr and
Résistance Joué-du-Plain and the Assassination of Emile Buffon Résistance Joué-du-Plain and the Assassination of Emile Buffon The French Résistance of Joué-du-Plain, and the assassination of Emile Buffon. The events concerns two tenants of Chateau de la Motte during World War II in Lower Normandy, France. The first was the mayor of the commune of Joue du Plain, Emile Buffon, who owned an animal brokering business, and rented the Chateau’s attached farm. Secondly there was Jacques Batchlier, who rented two buildings next to the main house, and had a dairy business. Batchlier lived in Chateau de la Motte with his wife, Denise. Emile Buffon lived at a rented farm