# Happy Birthday, John Glenn

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-john-glenn/693488>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 18, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-john-glenn/693488 "2014-07-18T22:19:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-john-glenn/693488/1 "2014-07-18T22:19:04Z")

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John Glenn is 93 years old today.

He’s the last of the Mercury Seven astronauts.

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**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-john-glenn/693488/2 "2014-07-19T06:50:51Z")

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…to fly. And one of only two not to fly as commander on a flight.

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**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-john-glenn/693488/3 "2014-07-19T13:16:52Z")

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how was he not commander on a solo flight? Not a snarky question.

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-john-glenn/693488/4 "2014-07-19T15:46:19Z")

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…Can’t I wish Sandra Bullock ‘Happy Birthday’ a week early instead?

(I’m sure John is a nice guy, but she definitely would look better in an evening dress & heels)

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-john-glenn/693488/5 "2014-07-19T21:05:38Z")

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One of my all-time heroes (and yes, we all need heroes).

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-john-glenn/693488/6 "2014-07-20T16:13:21Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> One of my all-time heroes (and yes, we all need heroes).

Personally, I liked Alan Shepard better. 😉

He seemed to have a better sense of humour.