Robert C. Chambers

Activist Julia “Judy” Bonds born Julia Belle Thompson in Marfork Hollow, Raleigh County

The African Zion Baptist Church in Malden was added to the National Register of Historic Places

About 18,000 acres surrounding Berwind Lake were leased by the state

Buffalo Creek survivors settled lawsuit against Pittston

Betsy Byars received the American Library Association Notable Book award for After the Goatman

Betsy Byars received the ALA Notable Book award for The House of Wings

Original plan of 440 beds completed at Charleston Memorial Hospital (now CAMC)

Snowshoe Mountain ski area opened

Claymont Society was established and purchased Claymont Court

Legislature passed Judicial Reorganization Amendment

Contentment was added to the National Register of Historic Places

Richard Currey's first poem was published

Julia Davis remarried William Adams

Roman Catholic diocesan borders were realigned to coincide with state boundaries

Butch Miles began playing with Count Basie

Arch A. Moore Jr. unsuccessfully tried to unseat U.S. Sen. Jennings Randolph

Accreditation of the Physician Assistant Program was restored at Alderson-Broaddus College (now University)

Name of Appalachian Power Company changed to American Electric Power

West Virginia was 77% forested

Margaret Blennerhassett and her son reburied, on Blennerhassett Island

Robert C. Byrd brought lawsuit on constitutionality of line-item veto

Charles "Chuck" Chambers served as co-chairman of the state Democratic Party

A $22.5 million grant from state to help build the Clay Center

Stephen Coonts wrote War in the Air

Governor Gaston Caperton brought 2,000 more acres to Coopers Rock State Forest

In retrial, Bhaktipada pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud and was sentenced to 20 years in prison

John Lilly succeeded Ken Sullivan as editor of Goldenseal

Matthew Reese inducted into the Marshall Business Hall of Fame

Allen Loughry began working as a senior assistant in the Attorney General’s office