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Swiss oceanographer Jacques Piccard, son of physicist Auguste Piccard, with his pocket-submarine "F. A. Forel" on Lake Geneva, Switzerland in an undated file photo. Piccard was born 1922 in Lausanne. He reached together with Don Walsh (USA) 1960 with the submarine "Trieste" the depth of 10'916 kilometers, which is still the world record. On Sunday, July 28, 2002, Piccard will celebrate his 80th birthday. (KEYSTONE/Str)