1968 Birthday Mary Lou Retton, Fairmont, West Virginia, gymnast, Olympic-gold/2 silver/2 bronze-84 1948 Birthday Dale A Gardner, Fairmont, Minnesota, Commander USN/astronaut, STS-8, STS-51A 1943 Birthday Alan Mollohan, born in Fairmont, West Virginia, Representative-D-West Virginia 1983 - 1907 Event Fairmont Hotel opens 1901 Birthday Fuzzy Knight, Fairmont, West Virginia, actor, Oklahoma Annie, Cowby and the Lady
