Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Augusta acquired and hosted by Davis & Elkins College

First bald eagle nest documented in West Virginia

West Virginia Baptist Historical Society occupied a vault and adjoining room of the West Virginia Baptist Conference Center at Ripley

Governor Rockefeller converted old Morris Harvey College buildings in Barboursville into state's first and only veterans home

President Jerold O. Dugger ended the football program at Bluefield State College (now University)

Jennings Boyd retired from coaching

Braxton County Memorial Hospital opened

Operation of the Bretz Coke Ovens in Preston County ended

Charleston National created bank holding company, Centurion Bancorp

Rabbi Samuel Cooper retired from B'nai Jacob

Richard Currey published his first short story

Daniel Boone Hotel was closed

Hazel Dickens released Hard Hitting Songs for Hard Hit People

The Glen Ferris Inn was sold to Elkem Corporation

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fenced the entrance sink of Hellhole Cavern to prohibit unauthorized entry

Homer Hickam went to work for NASA at Marshall Space Flight Center

The Preservation Alliance of West Virginia was founded

An experimental liming device was installed on Laurel Run to neutralize the stream's acidity

Jeff Hostetler transferred from Penn State to WVU

Jennings Randolph Lake and Dam was completed

John Knowles wrote Peace Breaks Out

Dale Colyer of WVU College of Agriculture and Forestry wrote report for Mountaineers for Rural Progress

Richard Virship stopped making chairs and put the Linger Chair Factory up for sale

Comprehensive state gazetteers were published by the U.S. Geological Survey

M. Blane Michael joined Jackson & Kelly law firm

South Charleston Stamping and Manufacturing Company took over the VW plant at Charleston Ordnance Center

Stephen Coonts wrote Final Flight

Ken Joseph of Ashland, Kentucky bought the Edwards Moonlight to renovate it as a restaurant

Daniel Boyd released the movie Chillers

The Stonewall Jackson Dam was completed

A report stated that 78% of the state was forested

Mrs. Ailes retired as assistant editor of the Hampshire Review

The first woman, Bessie Horn, was admitted to the He-Man Club

The state's original interstate system was completed

The state budget was $3.3 billion

William Hoffman wrote By Land By Sea

Kaiser Aluminum plant was sold to Ravenswood Aluminum Corporation

Girls were again admitted to Linsly school

Lee Maynard published the novel Crum

Louise McNeill published The Milkweed Ladies

Louise McNeill published TheMilkweed Ladies

Richard Osborne was promoted to publisher of the Logan Banner

West Virginia became a charter member of the multi-state "Lotto America" game

Irene McKinney published a collection of poetry, Quick Fire and Slow Fire

The section of the Midland Trail from White Sulphur Springs to Charleston was designated as West Virginia's first state scenic highway

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

Pinckney Benedict published The Dogs of God

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

Mountains and Music was published by the University of Illinois Press

A golf course was added to the Hawks Nest State Park

John Hendricks formed the Womens United Soccer Association

Homer Hickam published his first novel, Back to the Moon

William Hoffman published Doors

William Hoffman won the Dashiell Hammett Prize for Tidewater Blood

The 42-megawatt facility on the Ohio River at Belleville began producing electricity

Century Aluminum divided and sold part of the operation to Pechiney Rolled Products

Charles James III sold the James Produce Company

First National Bank of Keystone was closed by federal agencies

Keith Mailard published Gloria

Jedediah Purdy published For Common Things

Melvin Lentz and Paul Cogar cut an 8x8 yellow poplar log through two times in 5.08 seconds using a crosscut saw

Ellie Mannette received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts

Mount Olive Prison began operating above capacity

City of Morgantown agreed to lease the Tibbs Run Reservoir property to West Virginia Botanic Garden