Southern tract of present Calvin W. Price State Forest was sold to the state by New River Company
Carr China Company went out of business
Statewide circulation of the Charleston Gazette peaked at 86,000
Consolidated Bus Lines employed 337 individuals and operated 100 buses
Phoebia Moore died
Phyllis Curtin made her debut with New York City Opera
John Warren Davis retired as president of West Virginia State
Julius DeGruyter wrote The Kanawha Spectator: History of the Kanawha Valley
The Dunbar-South Charleston Bridge opened as a toll bridge
Gunner Gatski earned All-Pro honors in football
Perry Gresham became president of Bethany College
Perry Gresham wrote Disciples of the High Calling
John Ailes became editor of the Hampshire Review, Hampshire County
Hardy County Heritage Weekend began at Mill Island
Another 400 acres was added for the Harpers Ferry National Monument
Ken Hechler became the associate director of the American Political Science Association
Jean Lee Latham wrote The Story of Eli Whitney
The Library Commission moved to Charleston from Morgantown
The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers left West Virginia
A fire damaged the Martinsburg Journal building
"Speedy" Estep was killed racing a stock car in Columbus, Ohio
A trail at the WVU Arboretum was named in honor of Lawrence Nuttall
Eldora Nuzum joined the Elkins Inter-Mountain
The West Virginia State Poultry Association annual meeting moved to Moorefield
Distribution of Salk polio vaccine
Chuck Ripper moved to Huntington as art director for the Standard Printing & Publishing Co.
Rat Rodgers was admitted to the College Football Hall of Fame
Eleanor Roosevelt stopped serving as U.S. representative to the United Nations
Alex Schoenbaum's restaurant chain was named Shoney's
WVU played in the Sugar Bowl
West Virginia became one of the first sates to finance development of park facilities by selling bonds
WKNA TV when on air in Charleston as channel 49
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Kanawha Valley was established
Oscar Nelson died
The initial accreditation attempt for Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston) failed
The Baptist State Convention began to meet at Hilltop
William J. Wallace became president of West Virginia State College
Enrollment at West Virginia State College was at 837 students
WJLS-FM Beckley became WBKW-FM
William B. Axtell became president of West Virginia Institute of Technology
Katherine Johnson began working with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics as a “computer” doing complex analysis and calculations
Toni Stone joined the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League
