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John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. [ 3 ]
- Annie Castor
Annie and John Glenn arriving at Schiphol Airport,...
- Annie Castor
Dec 9, 2016 · Senator-astronaut John Glenn and his wife Annie, along with other members of the shuttle Discovery's crew, parade up Broadway's "Canyon of Heroes" on Nov. 16, 1998.
Dec 8, 2016 · John Herschel Glenn Jr was born 18 Jul 1921 in Cambridge, Ohio, United States. He was the son of John Herschel Glenn and Clara Sproat. John met his wife Anna Margaret Castor while they still infants and their parents became good friends. She was always known as Annie, the daughter of town dentist.
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- July 18, 1921
- Anna Margaret (Castor) Glenn
- December 8, 2016
John Herschel Glenn, Jr. At age two, young John moved with his parents to New Concord, where his father opened a plumbing business. After relocating to New Concord, the Glenns built a home that doubled as a rooming house for students from nearby Muskingum College.
Dec 8, 2016 · John Herschel Glenn Jr was born in Cambridge, Ohio, in July 1921, the only son of a master plumber and a schoolteacher. He went to the local high school, which now bears his name, and then...
Jun 10, 2024 · Official portrait of astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., the first American to orbit Earth in a Project Mercury spacecraft.
Apr 2, 2014 · Personal Life. Glenn met his wife Annie when they were children growing up in New Concord, Ohio. Glenn wrote in his autobiography John Glenn, A Memoir: “She was part of my life from the time of...
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