August 11 – The return capsule of the U.S. Discoverer 13Corona mission is successfully recovered from the Pacific Ocean, the first time any man-made object has been recovered successfully from orbit.[3]
December 10 – The first underwater park within the United States, the
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, is formally dedicated; it covers 178 square miles (460 km2) and protects coral reefs, seagrass and mangroves inside its boundaries.[9]
Czech biochemist
Emil Paleček discovers that
nucleic acids can be studied through
electrochemistry, contradicting previous assumptions that
DNA molecules are too large to have electrochemical properties and allowing them to be used in the diagnosis of
genetic disorders.[10]
May 10 – The nuclear submarine
USS Triton, under the command of Captain
Edward L. Beach, Jr., completes the first underwater circumnavigation of the
Earth.
^Hess, H. H. (1960), Evolution of Ocean Basins, Report to
Office of Naval Research. Contract No. 1858(10), NR 081-06
^Hess, H. H. (1962-11-01).
"History of Ocean Basins"(PDF). In Engel, A. E. J.; James, Harold L.; Leonard, B. F. (eds.). Petrologic Studies: a volume in honor of A. F. Buddington. Boulder, CO: Geological Society of America. pp. 599–620.
^Bilinski, S. (1960), "Über die Rhombenisoeder", Glasnik Mat. Fiz. Astr., 15: 251–263,
Zbl0099.15506.
August 11 – The return capsule of the U.S. Discoverer 13Corona mission is successfully recovered from the Pacific Ocean, the first time any man-made object has been recovered successfully from orbit.[3]
December 10 – The first underwater park within the United States, the
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, is formally dedicated; it covers 178 square miles (460 km2) and protects coral reefs, seagrass and mangroves inside its boundaries.[9]
Czech biochemist
Emil Paleček discovers that
nucleic acids can be studied through
electrochemistry, contradicting previous assumptions that
DNA molecules are too large to have electrochemical properties and allowing them to be used in the diagnosis of
genetic disorders.[10]
May 10 – The nuclear submarine
USS Triton, under the command of Captain
Edward L. Beach, Jr., completes the first underwater circumnavigation of the
Earth.
^Hess, H. H. (1960), Evolution of Ocean Basins, Report to
Office of Naval Research. Contract No. 1858(10), NR 081-06
^Hess, H. H. (1962-11-01).
"History of Ocean Basins"(PDF). In Engel, A. E. J.; James, Harold L.; Leonard, B. F. (eds.). Petrologic Studies: a volume in honor of A. F. Buddington. Boulder, CO: Geological Society of America. pp. 599–620.
^Bilinski, S. (1960), "Über die Rhombenisoeder", Glasnik Mat. Fiz. Astr., 15: 251–263,
Zbl0099.15506.