The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
John Glenn through the years
July 18, 1921: Born, Cambridge, Ohio. March 1942: Enlists in Navy as aviation cadet.
April 6, 1943: Marries Annie Castor, his childhood playmate and high school sweetheart.
1953: Receives orders for combat duty in Korean War, flies 63 missions with Marines and 27 missions as exchange pilot with Air Force.
1954: Glenn wins an assignment as a Marine test pilot. July 1957: Sets transcontinental speed record from Los Angeles to New York, 3 hours and 23 minutes.
Feb. 20, 1962: Pilots the Friendship 7 spacecraft as first American to orbit the Earth, completing three orbits in a five-hour flight.
1964: Loses Democratic U.S. Senate primary, as head injury sustained in accident forces him to drop out of the race.
1965: Glenn retires from the Marine Corps as a colonel and becomes a business executive with Royal Crown.
1970: Loses Democratic U.S. Senate primary against Howard Metzenbaum.
1974: Defeats incumbent Howard Metzenbaum in Democratic U.S. Senate primary; wins election to the Senate, carrying all 88 Ohio counties.
1980: Wins second U.S. Senate term, with more than 68 percent of the statewide vote. 1986: Wins a third U.S. Senate term.
1991: Senate ethics committee clears Glenn of impropriety in dealings with savings and loan executive Charles Keating but criticizes him for poor judgment.
1992: Wins fourth U.S. Senate term. October 1998: Joins with Ohio State University to create what is now the John Glenn School of Public Affairs. It holds Glenn’s Senate papers. Oct. 29-Nov. 7, 1998: Returns to space on a nine-day mission aboard ‘Discovery’ space shuttle. During the mission, Glenn makes 134 Earth orbits in 213 hours and 44 minutes. April 2015: OSU elevates the John Glenn School to the John Glenn College of Public Affairs. Dec. 8, 2016: Dies at age 95.