Surnames usually originated from one of the five following sources: (although the same surname may have multiple meanings from different sources in different places). 1  From the first name of father used with either a suffix or prefix (which differ from country to country) to identify the person as son of.2  Examples:urnames usually originated from one of the five following sources: (although the same surname may have multiple meanings from different sources in different places). 1  From the first name of father used with either a suffix or prefix (which differ from country to country) to identify the person as son of. 2  Examples:
It was with this responsibility in mind that John Glenn lifted off from the launch pad at Cape Canaveral at 9:47 a.m. on February 20, 1962. Some 100,000 spectators watched on the ground nearby and millions more saw it on television.
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (born July 18, 1921), (Col, USMC, Ret.), is a former aviator, engineer, astronaut, and United States senator. He was selected as one of the Mercury Seven group of military test pilots selected in 1959 by NASA to become America's first astronauts and fly the Project Mercury spacecraft.