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Aviation Chronology: 1960s

  • Entries in grey refer to aviation and world events achievements not specific to women.

  • Entries in white refer to women's achievements.

  • Birthdates of female pilots/groundcrew, etc. are not given individual entries, but listed in the first entry for each woman.

  • Reference works are cited by code numbers, identified in the Bibliography.

  • Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova.

    Name Date(s) Notes Bibliography
    1960 1960 1960
    1960
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    1961 1961 1961
    1961
    Helene Dutrieu

    June 27, 1961 Dutrieu dies at her home in Paris.
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    1962 1962 1962
    1962
    Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova

    February 16, 1962 Russian.
    Tereshkova is selected as a member of the Cosmonaut Corps.
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    John Glenn

    February 20, 1962 John Glenn pilots the first American manned orbital mission aboard Friendship 7, on the "Mercury Atlas 6" mission, which lasts 4 hours, 55 minutes, and 23 seconds.
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    1963 1963 1963
    1963
    Marie Marvingt ?, ? 1963 French.
    Marie Marvingt dies in a nursing home run by the sisters of Sainte Charles in Nancy.
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    Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova

    June 16, 1963 Russian.
    Born March 6, 1937
    Tereshkova is launched into space as the first woman from any country to achieve that milestone. Tereshkova was chosen from five finalists: Tatiana Kuznetsova, Irina Solovyova, Zhanna Yerkina, and Valentina Ponomareva.
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    1964 1964 1964
    1964
    Mathilde Moisant 1964 Moissant, age 85, dies. She is buried next to her sister Louise and brother John at the Portal of Folded Wings in North Hollywood, a memorial to pioneer aviators.
    1967 1967 1967
    1967
    Hèléne Dutrieu June 27, 1967 French.
    Hèléne Dutrieu dies at her home in Paris.
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