births
July 18, 1921
John Glenn, American colonel, astronaut, and politician (died 2016)
John Glenn
John Herschel Glenn Jr. was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space and the first to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA, he served from 1974 to 1999 as a U.S. Senator from Ohio; in 1998, he flew into space again at the age of 77.
July 18
July 18 is the 199th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 166 days remain until the end of the year.