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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: PBS News - 50 Years Later, Astronaut John Glenn Recounts His Historic Mission in Space. | Aug 29, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Veterans Memorial Museum - Museum Visionary: John Glenn. | Jul 18, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jul 14, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Dec 04, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - John Glenn On 50 Years Since His First Orbit. | Oct 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States Marine Corps - History Division - Colonel John Herschel Glenn, Jr. | Aug 23, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Air and Space Museum - John Glenn's Return to Space on Discovery. | Jun 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - John Glenn, First American To Orbit The Earth, Dies At 95. | Mar 29, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - John Glenn (1921�2016). | May 09, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 06, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ohio State University Libraries - John Glenn: Biographical Sketch. | May 09, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopedia Autronautica - Glenn, John Herschel Jr. | Mar 21, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Space.com - John Glenn: 1st American to Orbit Earth, Oldest Man in Space. | Mar 21, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: New Mexico Museum of Space History - John H. Glenn Jr. | Mar 21, 2022 | ||
| Changed “The oldest person ever to travel in space” to “At that time the oldest person ever to travel in space.” | Jul 21, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 26, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: My Hero - Biography of John Glenn. | Jan 25, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThoughtCo. - Biography of John Glenn. | Sep 24, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Telegraph - John Glenn: Astronaut, Senator and American Hero Dies at 95. | Dec 12, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The New York Times - John Glenn, American Hero of the Space Age, Dies at 95. | Dec 12, 2016 | ||
| He died on December 8, 2016. | Dec 08, 2016 | ||
| Changed article title from John H. Glenn, Jr., to John Glenn. | Sep 30, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: NASA - John H. Glenn, Jr. | Jan 10, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ohio History Central - Biography of John H. Glenn Jr. | Jan 10, 2013 | ||
| He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. | May 31, 2012 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | May 15, 2012 | ||
| Video of Friendship 7 launch added. | Sep 04, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Window To The Universe - Biography of John Glenn. | Apr 30, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Biography of John Glenn. | Apr 08, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 18, 2007 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 29, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 18, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Nov 21, 2001 | ||
| Article revised. | May 04, 1999 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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