Mothman

Betty H. Baker became the first woman elected to the state Senate

Davis Grubb published Shadow of My Brother

Questions were raised on the authenticity of the birthplace of Nancy Hanks

William Hoffman wrote Yancey's War

Walt Shupe became superintendent of the Holly River State Park

The West Virginia Human Rights Commission reported that "blatant racial discrimination" was over

Reported that Kanawha State Forest holds 574 species from 292 genera representing 93 families of fauna

Clark Kessinger was a guest artist on the Grand Ole Opry radio program

John Knowles wrote Indian Summer

The Library Commission adopted a plan for implementing the Blasingame Report proposals

Curly Ray Cline joined the Stanley Brothers

Bill Hart retired as editor of the Dominion News

Mylan Pharmaceuticals began manufacturing its generic version of penicillin G

James Marvin Powell became president of Ohio Valley College (now University)

Radio station WVBC, licensed to Bethany College, began broadcasting.

James Rexrode's wife died

Mary Lee Settle wrote All the Brave Promises

A controversy involving State Road Commission purchasing practices arose.

Congressman Harley Staggers became chairman of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee

Buddy Starcher recorded "History Repeats itself" for Boone Records

Eleanor Steber quit singing with the Metropolitan Opera

The Carr China Factory building burned

Three more dormitories were built at Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston)

A student union building was built at Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston)

The Stonewall Jackson Lake was authorized

Gary District became the first black high school to win the WVSSAC state basketball championship

Williamson Liberty lost the WVSSAC

A separate organization began representing the interests of West Virginia's surface mining operators

Harrison Ferrell left as dean of West Virginia State College (now University)

Edwin D. Hoffman was appointed dean as the first white administrator at West Virginia State College (now University)

Victorine Louistall returned to WVU to teach library science

Wesley Chapel opened at West Virginia Wesleyan

Wheeling Hospital set up the first coronary care unit in West Virginia

Frank R. Haig, S.J. became president of Wheeling College (now Wheeling University)

The Mingo County Courthouse was built in Williamson

Logan County presented its first annual Arts and Crafts Fair

Arden Cogar St cut an 8x8 inch horizontal yellow poplar in 7.05 seconds

Jack Maurice won the Pulitzer Prize for the editorials he wrote on the Kanawha County Textbook Controversy

Georgia-Pacific tore down the Meadow River Lumber Company sawmill at Rainelle

M. Blane Michael became a law clerk to Judge Robert Maxwell

Additions were added to the Mount St. George mansion (Vancroft)

Otter Creek was designated a wilderness area under the Eastern Wilderness Act by Congress

Squire Parsons became the baritone singer for the Kingston Quartet

Pendleton Nursing Home was formed

Janet Pauley filed a class-action law suit against the Lincoln County school system, alleging children in Lincoln County were not receiving educational opportunities equal to students in richer counties

St. Francis Hospital board of directors developed plans for a new patient tower, parking garage, medical office building, and renovations

The Grafton Daily Sentinel became the Mountain Statesman

John Kelly resigned as state treasurer

The Ohio Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation was founded

Virginia's Chapel was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

The Watters Smith Memorial State Park expanded due to gift of land by Rachel Smith Hershey

A botanist from the state Department of Agriculture resurveyed the state's weeds

The federal Eastern Wilderness Act passed

West Virginia Northern Community College opened a third campus in New Martinsville

Legislature created the West Virginia State Rail Authority

Harness racing at Wheeling Downs stopped

A dog racing bill was passed by the state legislature

The nursing school at Wheeling Hospital was discontinued

Wheeling Hospital moved to a new facility

Bob Wise graduated from the Tulane University School of Law

Chuck Yeager retired from the Air Force

Dennis Harrah was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams football team

William Hoffman wrote Follow Me Home

"Who'll Watch the Homeplace" named Song of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association

A new hospital for the mentally ill was opened in Lewis County

The Libertarian Party regrouped under leadership of John K Brown

Henry Louis Gates wrote Colored People

Henry Louis Gates wrote Colored People

Pinckney Benedict published The Dogs of God

Luxury skyboxes were added to Mountaineer Field

The Racetrack Video Lottery Act passed

John Nash was honored with the Nobel Prize in Economics for his dissertation

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor was Awarded the West Virginia Children's Book Award for Shiloh

The speaker of the House of Delegates was Robert "Bob" Kiss

Weirton Steel ceased to be an employee-owned company

Literacy West Virginia was formed from the merger of the Literacy volunteers of America and Lauback Literacy Action

William Drennen and Kojo Jones wrote Red, White, Black & Blue: A Dual Memoir of Race and Class in Appalachia

Plans were made to consolidate Iaeger and Big Creek high schools in McDowell County

The Mountain State University Cougars won the NAIA Division I national basketball championship

Mylan Laboratories announced plans to acquire non-generic drug maker King Pharmaceuticals

Huntington Banks became the third-largest bank holding company in West Virginia

The National Bank of Commerce became SunTrust

The New River Community and Technical College was made independent of Bluefield State College

The U.S. 60 bridge connecting Cabell and Wayne counties was named the Colonel Justice M. Chambers Memorial Bridge.