1960s Timeline

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Mar 25, 2022

Explorer Auguste Piccard Dead at 78

Mar. 25, 1962 - Professor Auguste Piccard (pictured in 1931), the pioneer Swiss explorer of the stratosphere and ocean depths, died of a...

Sep 6, 2021

British Explorer Slain by Native Tribesmen in Brazil

Sept. 6, 1961 - Richard Mason, 30-year-old British explorer and member of the Royal Geographic Society, was slain by native tribesmen...