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John Glenn

By ihes51
  • John Glenn was born

    John Glenn was born

    John Glenn was born in Cambridge Ohio
  • John Glenn joined Muskingum College

    John Glenn joined Muskingum College

  • John Glenn quit college and joined the Navy

    John Glenn quit college and joined the Navy

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    John Glenn was in the military

    Glenn accumulated nearly 9,000 hours of flying time, about 3,000 of it in jets

  • John Glenn married Annie Glenn

  • John Glenn flew his 149 mission

  • John Glenn was the first american in space on Friendship 7 with Alan Shepard

    John Glenn was the first american in space on Friendship 7 with Alan Shepard

  • Glenn was awarded the John J. Montgomery Award

    Glenn was awarded the John J. Montgomery Award

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    Elections

    John Glenn ran in elections 7 times.

  • John Glenn retired

  • John Glenn had his awards and medals stolen

  • Glenn flew on the STS-95 Discovery shuttle flight

    Glenn flew on the STS-95 Discovery shuttle flight

    9-day mission during which the crew supported a variety of research payloads including deployment of the Spartan solar-observing spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test Platform, and Glenn's investigations on space flight and the aging process.
  • John Glenn was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal

    John Glenn was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal

  • In June 2014, Glenn underwent successful heart valve replacement surgery at the Cleveland Clinic.

  • Glenn died

    Glenn died

    Glenn died on December 8, 2016, at the OSU Wexner Medical Center; he was 95 years old with a total of at least 12 government awarded awards