Glenn, John

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John Glenn

Name	Glenn, John Gender: M
Birthname	Glenn , John Herschel Jr.
born on	18 July 1921 at 16:00 (= 4:00 PM )
Place	Cambridge OH, USA, 40n02, 81w35
Timezone	EST h5w (is standard time)
Data source	Quoted BC/BR Rodden Rating AA
Astrology data	25°39' 13°12 Asc. 03°01'

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Biography

American astronaut, one of the original seven astronauts and the first American to orbit the earth on 2/20/1962.

On his 4-hour 55-minute flight, he hurtled through space at an astonishing speed of 17,500 mph. The spacecraft's splashdown near Grand Turk Island in the Bahamas set off a national celebration centered around the red-haired, 40-year-old Marine pilot. President John Kennedy flew to Cape Canaveral to congratulate him, a joint session of Congress cheered him and some four million people lined Manhattan streets and showered him and wife Annie with ticker tape.

The son of a plumber with an normal upbringing and youth, Glenn's life never returned to normal after his amazing experience. His popularity helped propel him to the Senate in 1974, where he served four terms, focusing on education, cutting government waste and controlling the spread of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. He announced on 2/21/1997 that he would not, at 75, seek a fifth term.

On paper, he seems a man of encompassing vision, not tied to traditional lobbies and dogma. In reality, he tends to be narrowly focused on details. He also had some political troubles: dull speeches, a $3 million debt from his bid for the 1985 Democratic Presidential nomination that was not settled for a decade and an accusation that he used his clout to aid S&L mogul Charles Keating.

He and Annie Castor Glenn have a rock-solid marriage from 1943.

At 77, Glenn still felt the pull of deep space, taking on another dangerous mission. On the morning of 10/29/1998, he was aboard the space shuttle Discovery, testing how space flights affect the cardiovascular system of older people inasmuch as the changes that occur in the human body in space are remarkably similar to what happens to people in old age. After being a spokesman for the Mercury Program, he was now a representative of the Senior generation. The space mission blast-off was on 10/29/1998, 2:19 PM, Orlando, FL. On 11/07/1998, 9:04 AM PST, Glenn returned from his journey of nearly four million miles after the space shuttle Discovery touched down at Cape Canaveral, FL.

Glenn and his wife were in a car accident on August 5, 2006 in Columbus, OH and hospitalized overnight. Glenn sustained a minor fracture in his sternum and his wife was bruised.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

• associate relationship with Cooper, Gordon (born 6 March 1927)

• associate relationship with Schirra, Walter (born 12 March 1923)

• associate relationship with Slayton, Deke (born 1 March 1924)

• associate relationship with Carpenter, Scott (born 1 May 1925)

• associate relationship with Grissom, Gus (born 3 April 1926)

• compare to chart of Space: NASA (born 29 July 1958)

Events

• Work : Great Achievement 20 February 1962 (First to orbit the earth)

• Work : New Career 1974 (U.S. Senate)

• Work : Retired 21 February 1997 (Announced that he would not run again)

• Work : Great Achievement 29 October 1998 (Space mission at age 77)

• Relationship : Marriage 1943 (Annie Castor)

• Social : Joined group 1943 (Enlisted in Marine Corps)

• Social : Joined group 1958 (Original seven astronauts, NASA)

• Work : Retired 1965 (Retired from Marine Corp)

• Work : Lose social status 1984 (Unsuccessfull in Pres. nomination)

• Health : Accident (Non-fatal) 5 August 2006 (Car accident; fracture in sternum)

Source Notes

Contemporary Sidereal Horoscopes, which gives CDT as does the Research Dept of AA 8/1972. American Atlas gives EDT. David Dozier checked the sources in Ohio, including the Chamber of Commerce, the Guernsey County Library and the Hon. Robert P. Scott, all of Cambridge. All gave EST for the time of Glenn's birth.

(Gauquelin Book of American Charts gave 3:00 PM EDT.) (Penfield Collection quoted Glenn's mother for 4:30 PM EST, not confirmed.)

Categories

• Vocation : Travel : Pilot/ military

• Vocation : Business : Top executive

• Vocation : Military : Military service (U.S. Marines)

• Vocation : Politics : Public office (Senate for four terms)

• Vocation : Travel : Astronaut (One of the original seven)

• Traits : Body : Hair (Red)

• Notable : Book Collection : American Book

• Notable : Famous : Historic figure (Astronaut; one of first seven)

• Family : Relationship : Marriage - Very happy

• Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (One, lasting)

• Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs (From 1943)

• Notable : Awards : Medals (Six Distinguished Flying Crosses)

• Vocation : Military : Combat (WW II and Korea)

• Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Accident/Injury