John Glenn orbits Earth, Dale Earnhardt dies at Daytona: News Journal archives Feb. 16-22
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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DC Fire Chief says absence of icebreaker ‘didn’t affect anything’ in midair crash response
The John H. Glenn Jr. fireboat, originally built in 1963 and named in honor of senator and astronaut John Glenn, has been unavailable as it’s under repair and has been docked in Baltimore since ...
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: John Glenn’s First Human Orbital Flight for NASA Celebrates 63rd Anniversary
John Glenn launched on the Friendship 7 flight, the first human orbital flight for NASA, which premiered this video to ...
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John Glenn Fast Facts
1961 – Glenn, the oldest member of the group, serves as backup pilot when fellow astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Virgil I ... the Mobile Landing Platform John Glenn, a US Navy ship.