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.
Glenn is the earliest-born American to go to orbit, and the second earliest-born man overall after Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy. Glenn received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978, and was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1990.