Here is a look at the life of John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth and a former US senator. Personal Birth date: July 18, 1921 Death date: December 8, 2016 Birth place: Cambridge, Ohio ...

John Glenn was the only one of the Mercury Seven ... The flight came 36 years after his only other space mission, Mercury-Atlas 6, and was something of a victory lap for the 77-year-old Glenn ...

He was the last surviving astronaut of the original seven from Project Mercury. March 1942 ... February 20, 1962 – An Atlas rocket launches Glenn’s space capsule, the Friendship 7.

Secret military files exposed Pentagon brass who plotted to carry out sinister acts of sabotage on U.S. soil – and ...

He was the last surviving astronaut of the original seven from Project Mercury. March 1942 – Enlists in the ... February 20, 1962 – An Atlas rocket launches Glenn’s space capsule, the Friendship 7.

King Tut's tomb opened in 1923, John Glenn orbits Earth in 1962, Nixon's plan to stem inflation in 1973, Dale Earnhardt dies ...

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