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In 1962 the people of Perth, Australia saluted this American by turning their lights on & off at the same time |
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Encouraged by RFK to seek public office, he left the Marines as a colonel in 1965 & won a Senate seat 9 years later |
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2006-05-29 |
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Famous astro-returnee heard here:["I was going to be the fifth human in space & the first American to orbit"] |
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20th CENTURY AMERICANS |
2000-09-20 |
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During his 4 hour & 55 minute flight into space in 1962, he experienced 3 sunrises & sunsets |
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HISTORIC JOHNS |
1998-01-06 |
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Of the 7 original Mercury astronauts, he was the only member of the U.S. Marine Corps |
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HISTORIC AMERICANS |
1997-07-10 |
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After orbiting the earth in 1962, he said, "Friendship 7 is just a beginning, a successful experiment" |
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THE 1960s |
1995-07-17 |
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In 1957 this future astronaut set a transcontinental speed record of 3 hours, 23 minutes, 8.4 seconds |
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THE 1950s |
1993-04-28 |
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Perhaps feeling he didn't have the right stuff, he withdrew from the presidential race in March |
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1984 |
1990-12-18 |
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Ohio senator whose "take off" for the presidency was aborted in early mission |
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1985-05-14 |
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