Wheeling National Heritage Area

The Charleston Rotary club elected its first two women members

Cynthia Rylant earned the Newbery Honor Book for A Fine White Dust

The Ohio Valley Refining Company closed in St. Marys

The Shepherdstown historic district expanded

Former Governor Hulett Smith's wife, Mary Alice, died.

Edward Stifel II constructed a new three-story lodge

The business and operation tax (B&O) was eliminated for most business activities

Corporate net income tax rose to 9.75%

A lost of $279 million from the Consolidated Investment Fund

Charleston joined the Class a South Atlantic League

Hazo W Carter, Jr. became president of West Virginia State College

Chestnut Ridge Hospital was built

Denise Giardina wrote Storming Heaven

Tim Armstead graduated from the UNiversity of Charleston

John Davis Chandler portrayed "Bleak" in the film Adventures in Babysitting

Otis Rice received an honorary doctorate from WVU

Theatre West Virginia celebrated the 40th anniversary of Honey in the Rock and the 30th of Hatfields and McCoys

Welch Emergency Hospital became Welch Community Hospital

Jerry West retired from the Lakers

The Records Management and Preservation Board was created

An expansion was completed at the Industrial Home for Youth

George Lundy S.J. became president of Wheeling Jesuit University

Laurence Yep published Dream Soul