Alderson-Broaddus College (now University) established the first baccalaureate nursing program in West Virginia
William "Wally" Barron was discharged from the army as a sergeant
Normantown won unclassified basketball tournaments against all
Florence Blanchfield received the Distinguished Service Medal
Bill Blizzard was appointed president of UMWA District 17
Harry Brawley became director of political affairs at Charleston radio WCHS
Bill approved for a city-county hospital in Huntington
Fannie Cobb Carter became dean of women at National Trade and Professional School for Women and Girls in Washington
Extension of Route 39 linking Richwood to Marlinton was finished
Oliver Chitwood published the first volume of A Short History of the American People
George W. Hand became the president of Fairmont State College
Ann Flagg graduated from West Virginia State College (now University)
U.S. Forest Service reports 8.7 billion board feet of timber volume
Gunner Gatski played at Auburn University
General Dwight D. Eisenhower vacationed at the Greenbrier resort hospital upon returning from Europe
Alberta Pierson Hannum wrote Spin a Silver dollar: The Story of a Desert Trading Post
The name Happy Retreat was restored after being named Mordington by Isaac Douglas
The West Virginia Health Department assumed advisory medical supervision of state hospitals
Joseph Hodges began serving as director of the Roman Catholic Diocesan Mission Band in Richmond, VA
Italian POWs were repatriated, and many returned to America
Maryat Lee graduated from Wellesley College in religious studies
Big Bill Lias purchased Wheeling downs racetrack on Wheeling Island
Dora Ruth Parks became the executive secretary of the Library Commission
The United Zinc Smelting Corporation ceased operations in Marshall County
Bernard McDonough began a concrete business in Houston
The UMWA proposed a royalty to 10 cents per ton of coal to be paid to the union to provide medical services in the coalfields
The Monongahela Power & Railway Company changed to Monongahela Power Company, discontinuing street car business
The first issue of the bi-monthly National Hillbilly News appeared
Otis Rice received an M.A. in education at WVU
Eleanor Roosevelt began serving as U.S. representative to the United Nations
Louis Jordan composed "Salt Pork, West Virginia"
The one-room Cave School located in Germany Valley, Pendleton County, closed
Julia Davis published The Shenandoah
Julia Davis published The Shenandoah
The Strayer Report recommended basic reforms in the delivery of public education in West Virginia
The Sunrise mansion and adjoining mansion were acquired by the Salvation Army
Legislation to protect the environment from surface mining was enacted
The state of West Virginia purchased the Sweet Springs property and established the Andrew S. Rowan Memorial Home
Clint Thomas began working in the state capitol as messenger for the Department of Mines
Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston) enrollment was at 2,000 students
There were 225 students enrolled at West Liberty
Kelly Miller was hired to coach at West Virginia State
Victorine Louistall became the first African-America female to earn a graduate degree from WVU
Reported 6,000 wild turkeys in West Virginia
M.J. Horsch became president of West Virginia Institute of Technology
