Updated at November 8, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Mary Lou Retton |
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Birthdate | January 24, 1968 |
Birth Place | Fairmont, WV |
Age (in 2024) | 56 Years Old |
Zodiac | Aquarius |
Occupation | Gymnast |
Mary Lou Retton is best known as Gymnast who has born on January 24, 1968 in Fairmont, WV. Currently, Mary Lou Retton is 56 years, 9 months and 15 days old. Mary Lou Retton will celebrate 57th birthday on Friday, 24th of January 2025. Below the countdown to Mary Lou Retton upcoming birthday.
Became the first American woman to ever win the all-around gold medal at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. She also won two silver medals and two bronze medals, making her one of the most popular U.S. athletes.
She attended Fairmont Senior High School but did not graduate. She competed at the 1984 Olympics her sophomore year of high school.
She moved to Houston, Texas to train under Bela and Marta Karolyi after being inspired by Nadia Comaneci at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
She was married to Shannon Kelly from 1990 until 2018. They had four daughters, including McKenna Kelley, who went on to compete for the LSU gymnastics team.
She and fellow American gymnast Carly Patterson have both won all-around gold medals at the Olympics.
Mary Lou Retton is 56 years old today.
Mary Lou Retton was born on January 24, 1968 in Fairmont, WV.
Mary Lou Retton zodiac sign is Aquarius.
Mary Lou Retton was best known as Gymnast.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Mary Lou Retton's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1961 | Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost. |
1966 | Air India Flight 101 crashes into Mont Blanc. |
1968 | Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa. |
1972 | Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II. |
1977 | The Atocha massacre occurs in Madrid during the Spanish transition to democracy. |
1978 | Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered. |
1984 | Apple Computer places the Macintosh personal computer on sale in the United States. |
1986 | The Voyager 2 space probe makes its closest approach to Uranus. |
1987 | About 20,000 protestors march in a civil rights demonstration in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States. |
1989 | Notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, with over 30 known victims, is executed by the electric chair at the Florida State Prison. |
1990 | Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States. |
2003 | The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation. |
2009 | Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France, causing 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies. |
2011 | At least 35 are killed and 180 injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport. |
2018 | Former doctor Larry Nassar is sentenced up to 175 years in prison after being found guilty of using his position to sexually abuse female gymnasts. |
1989 | The birth of Whit Merrifield, American baseball player |
1989 | The birth of Ki Sung-yueng, South Korean footballer |
1990 | The birth of Mao Abe, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist |
1991 | The birth of Zhan Beleniuk, Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler |
1991 | The birth of Tatiana Kashirina, Russian weightlifter |
1991 | The birth of Zé Luís, Cape Verdean footballer |
1991 | The birth of Li Xuerui, Chinese badminton player |
1992 | The birth of Phiwa Nkambule, South African entrepreneur |
1992 | The birth of Felitciano Zschusschen, Curaçao footballer |
1994 | The birth of Tommie Hoban, English footballer |
1995 | The birth of Dylan Everett, Canadian actor |
1997 | The birth of Nirei Fukuzumi, Japanese racer |
1999 | The birth of Vitalie Damașcan, Moldovan footballer |
2003 | The birth of Johnny Orlando, Canadian singer and songwriter |
2012 | The birth of Princess Athena of Denmark, younger child of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark |
2007 | The death of Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (b. 1916) |
2007 | The death of İsmail Cem İpekçi, Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1940) |
2007 | The death of Guadalupe Larriva, Ecuadorian academic and politician (b. 1956) |
2007 | The death of Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier (b. 1891) |
2010 | The death of Pernell Roberts, American actor (b. 1928) |
2011 | The death of Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (b. 1949) |
2014 | The death of Shulamit Aloni, Israeli lawyer and politician, 11th Israeli Minister of Education (b. 1928) |
2014 | The death of Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician (b. 1930) |
2015 | The death of Otto Carius, German lieutenant and pharmacist (b. 1922) |
2016 | The death of Fredrik Barth, German-Norwegian anthropologist and academic (b. 1928) |
2016 | The death of Marvin Minsky, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1927) |
2016 | The death of Henry Worsley, English colonel and explorer (b. 1960) |
2017 | The death of Butch Trucks, American drummer (b. 1947) |
2018 | The death of Mark E. Smith, British singer-songwriter (b. 1957) |
2019 | The death of Rosemary Bryant Mariner, American United States Naval Aviator (b. 1953) |
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