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• Swami Bhaktipada

  … a Hare Krishna guru who founded "New Vrindaban":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … of followers had joined Bhaktipada, and New Vrindaban became the largest Krishna community … followers moved to a temple in New York. In 1996, Bhaktipada faced a …

• Don Redman

  … rarely performed in public, preferring to work on several extended compositions that have never been publicly performed. Redman died in New York City. He was inducted into the "West Virginia Music Hall of Fame":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ …

• Connie Smith

  … and concentrated on raising her family. She married country music star Marty Stuart in 1997 and revitalized her career with a new release. Smith continues to perform and record and appears on the “Marty Stuart Television Show” on RFD TV. Through the years …

• Larry Combs

  … Mack Original Amateur Hour_, but the group finished second. After graduating from the Eastman School of Music, Combs joined the New Orleans Philharmonic. He was drafted and, after basic training, was sent to West Point where he spent three years playing …

• William "Billy" Cox

  … Hendrix asked Cox to replace bassist Noel Redding in a new band, just in time to play at the music festival at Woodstock, New York. He also played the band’s 1969 New Year’s Eve and New Year's Day performances at the Fillmore East that was …

• Tommy Thompson

  … , in Ohio, where he graduated in 1958. While stationed in New Orleans in the Coast Guard, he was introduced to classic … Studs_, opened in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and moved to New York. Meanwhile, the Ramblers recorded a string of successful albums …

• Paul Wissmach Glass Company

  … Company began when the company's namesake, a German immigrant in New York City, saw an advertisement for land along Ohio River … but insurance covered the damages and the company reopened with new machinery and resumed production a year later. In 1938, …

• Afghan War

  The September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington resulted in nearly 3,000 deaths. The attacks were attributed to the international terrorist organization, al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda’s leader, Osama bin Laden, and …

• Iraq War

  … for war crimes. The country’s governmental structure was eliminated and then rebuilt under western guidance. Though a new government came into being, sectarian violence among rival Muslim groups and ethnic Kurds continued to threaten political stability. …

• Workers’ Compensation

  … began operating on January 1, 2006. Greg Burton, executive director of the Workers’ Compensation Commission, became president of the new company. As of 2012, the state still has a deficit in its workers’ compensation fund, but the shortfall continues to …

• Cornelius Charlton

  … 2, 1951) was born in East Gulf, Raleigh County, the eighth of 17 children of Van and Esther Charlton. The family moved to New York City in 1944. Cornelius Charlton enlisted in the U.S. Army in November 1946. After basic training and instruction at …

• Herman Hayes

  … surgical instruments, and he worked with many kinds of wood, though he preferred basswood. His work was exhibited in Washington and New York City and was sought after by collectors from around the country. Hayes twice won the top award in the biennial …

• Alderson Lion

  … required all lions in town to be on a leash. (The law remains on the books.) The Bebouts sold French for $300 to the new National Zoological Park in Washington where, on September 12, 1891, he became the zoo’s first African lion. French was popular with …

• Snowstorm of October 2012

  … Valley. Drifting snow was limited mostly to the highest exposed locations. The low pressure center moved northwest from southern New Jersey on the evening of October 29, across northern Delaware, and into south-central Pennsylvania by dawn on October …

• Mike D’Antoni

  … for the Phoenix Suns (2003-2008) and the New York Knicks (2008-2012). He quickly became … currently is a coaching advisor for the New Orleans Pelicans. Brother Dan D’Antoni ( … an assistant, with the Phoenix Suns, the New York Knicks, and the Lakers. From …

• Herbert Thomas

  … 1945, his sister, Audrey Irene Thomas, christened a Navy destroyer, the USS _Herbert J. Thomas_. In December 1946, the new "Herbert J. Thomas Memorial Hospital":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/718 opened in South Charleston and was named …

• Patrick Morrisey

  … Morrisey, born December 21, 1967, in Brooklyn, New York, grew up in Edison, New … and political science at Rutgers University in New Jersey, where he earned his bachelor’s … an unsuccessful run for political office in New Jersey as a candidate for the House …

• Darwin Kyle

  … and leadership abilities, Kyle received a battlefield promotion to second lieutenant in January 1951. On February 16, 1951, the new platoon leader was given orders to remove Chinese defenders from their position near Kamil-ni northeast of Suwon. In …

• Mullens

  … from Mullens. The Virginian built a rail yard near Mullens, which helped establish the town as the commercial heart of the new Winding Gulf coalfield. Between 1917 and 1919, the young town experienced two fires and a flood, destroying many of the …

• McCoy’s Fort

  … died in the attack on McCoy’s Fort. The American victories at Fort Donnally and McCoy’s Fort not only preserved the New River-Greenbrier settlements but also contributed to the shift to a more offensive strategy toward the Indians on the part of the …

• Sugar Grove Naval Station

  … was judged to be obsolete before its completion. Work was halted in 1962, and the 600-foot telescope was never finished. A new purpose was found for the Sugar Grove facility when the Navy proposed that the site be used as a radio receiving station. In …

• BridgeValley Community and Technical College

  … by the legislature to form the new BridgeValley Community and Technical College. … college foundations, while also coordinating a new legal identity with state and … institution’s governing board approved the new name, BridgeValley Community and Technical …

• Crayfish

  … rock slabs. At nine inches long, the New River Crayfish (<em>Cambarus chasmodactylus … Virginia’s largest native crayfish. Ironically, the New River Crayfish only occurs in the … in West Virginia’s portion of the New River. The most common large species …

• Sylvia Mathews Burwell

  … a Rhodes Scholar, completing a degree in philosophy, politics, and economics in 1990. She worked for a consulting firm in New York until the 1992 presidential election, when she joined Bill Clinton’s campaign team. Following Clinton’s victory, Burwell …

• Elk River Chemical Spill

  … .org/articles/1348, at which lawmakers approved legislation imposing new inspections, registrations, inventories, and other regulations on above-ground … it was too restrictive. Since then, the legislature has scaled back some of those new regulations.