John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, is hospitalized in declining health at 95 Unknown 18:52 John Glenn, a war hero and the first American to orbit planet Earth, has been hospitalized in Ohio for over a week. (more…) Share: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Snake game, complete with bootage CD image, in a tweetEvery cover of MAD, from 1952 to the presentThis is why you should wear a hard hat on a construction siteJohn Oliver's response to Facebook's apology videos: "Fuck you."The inventor of cruise control was blind