2014 Event A water-embedded rock layer is found deep inside the earth; the layer stores three times the water found in all the earth's oceans, suggesting that oceans developed through seepage of this water and not from striking comets as previously believed 2013 Event Scientists discover that a large amount of bacterial life forms live in the deepest part of the world's oceans, the Mariana Trench, which is about 6.831 miles 2010 Event The Census of Marline Life 10-year study reports that 230,000 species of animal live in the world's oceans 1949 Birthday Lyle Alzado, NFLer, Los Angeles Raiders and actor, Oceans of Fire, Hangfire 1940 Event Winston Churchill says "We shall fight on the seas and oceans" 1611 Birthday James Harrington, England, political author, Commonwealth of Oceans