167th moved to Martinsburg
Huntington's Memorial Field House hosted the state boys basketball tournament
Bluestone State Park joined state park system
Clarksburg constructed Buffalo Lake
Legislature considered declaring TV cable companies to be public utilities subject to regulation by Public Service Commission
Cedar Creek State Park joined state park system
Petersburg fish hatchery noticed different color trout in hatchery's rainbow trout
Judge Ben Moore ruled against racial discrimination at Sky Chief Restaurant at Kanawha (now Yeager) Airport
The black bear became the state animal
Croatian Cultural Club founded in Benwood
Mutation of normal-colored rainbow trout was discovered
Lester Hayes Jr. caught a 52.5 inch, 43 pound muskie in the Elk River
Gunner Gatski earned All-Pro honors in football
The Night of the Hunter was adapted to film
Elizabeth Hallanan became a member of the State Board of Education
Storer College was closed
William Hoffman wrote his first novel, The Trumpet Unblown
All institutions of higher learning in West Virginia except Glenville State had enrolled African-American students
Coach Cam Henderson left Marshall College (now University)
Bernard McDonough bought the O. Ames Company in Parkersburg
Logan County surpassed McDowell County as the leading coal producing county in the nation
Mildred Mitchell-Bateman was invited to return to Lakin State Hospital after leaving to further studies
Green Bank was chosen for the National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Pardee & Curtin built the first all-electric single-band sawmill in the state at Curtin, Webster County.
Otis Rice served as president of the West Virginia Historical Society
Leonard Riggleman became the Charleston Gazette's West Virginia Man of the Year
West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission adopted its current name
West Virginia State and Bluefield State integrated the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Sumner School closed after the Brown v. Board of Education decision
William P. Tams retired
Theatre West Virginia was founded as the West Virginia Historical Drama Association
Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston) built its first dormitory
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations combined as AFL-CIO
Billy Edd Wheeler received a B.A. in English from Berea College
Lawrence R. McHugh, S.J. became president of Wheeling College (now Wheeling University)
George Wolfe was discharged from the army
The 130th Troop Carrier Squadron (130th Airlift Squadron) was formed
The West Virginia Lobotomy Project ended
The Sugar Grove site was selected for a radio telescope
Tunney Hunsaker moved to Fayetteville
