Hal Greer

Alderson-Broaddus College (now University) achieved accreditation from the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Three-class format based on school size, each class having eight teams was created for the state high school basketball tournament

Berwind Lake Wildlife Management Area began

J. G. Bradley sold the Widen Mine to Clinchfield Coal Company

Owners of Maryland's Pimlico Race Course bought Charles Town Race Track

Name changed from Barber Sanatorium to Kanawha Valley Memorial Hospital

Goodyear plant built near Apple Grove

There were 47 covered bridges still in existence in West Virginia

Donald Duncan sold the Duncan Parking Meter Corporation

Ellis Dungan Productions produced Wheels to Progress

Medium green was introduced for fiestaware

Perry Gresham wrote Sage of Bethany

Four Boone County businessmen opened the first Heck's department store in Charleston

Dixie Kilham bought the Hilltop House

William Hoffman wrote Days in the Yellow Leaf

Homer Laughlin China Company began producing restaurant china

John Knowles wrote his first novel, A Separate Peace

John Knowles wrote his first novel, A Separate Peace

Catherine Marshall married Leonard E. LeSourd

Kyle McCormick wrote The New-Kanawha River and the Mine War of West Virginia

Charlie McCoy moved to Nashville

New Mennonite congregation started in Pocahontas County

The Mill Point Prison Camp closed

Moncove Lake was created by the damming of Devil Creek

Size of the Moundsville prison doubled

John Forbes Nash was hospitalized for schizophrenia

The first radio telescopes were in operation at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank

The historic Reber Radio Telescope moved to Green Bank

Warden M. Lane outline a proposal for reorganization of the Conservation Commission to correct an overlapping of duties

Lewis Keller, Sr. purchased the Oakhurst Links property from Cary Montague

Don Gardner became the first president of Ohio Valley College (now University)

Rex and Eleanor Parker had a conversion experience and thereafter performed only sacred music

Rebel Records was founded in Maryland

Nat Reese returned to West Virginia to work for the State Road Commission

ABC-TV first aired Lunch with Soupy Sales

WVU basketball team lost 71-70 to California in the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament final

Reported 2,843 schools in West Virginia

Shenandoah Downs opened in Charles Town

Agnes Smith published An Edge of the Forest

Hulett Smith left the state Aeronautics Commission

Blaze Starr met Louisiana Gov. Earl Long while performing in New Orleans

Jerry West was named most valuable player of the NCAA tournament

Jerry West was unanimous All American first-team choice

Patrick Gainer became president of the West Virginia Folklore Society

The Mountaineers went to the national basketball championships

Water ski shows failed to draw a crowd

William F. Troy, S.J. became president of Wheeling College (now Wheeling University)

Katherine Johnson married Lt. Colonel James A. Johnson

Tunney Hunsaker fought Ernie Terrell

The Special Forces (Green Berets) were created in the Army National Guard

Muriel Dressler published first collection of poetry, Appalachia, My Land

Public kindergartens were mandated

The federal Endangered Species act was passed

Reynolds Memorial Hospital was given to the community

Pete Everest retired from the Air Force

Clyde Ware filmed When the Line Goes Through

Denise Giardina received a B.A. from West Virginia Wesleyan

Tom Screven helped launch the Hearth and Fair magazine

Governor Moore proclaimed West Virginia's first observance of Grandparents Day

The Overseas National Airway changed the name of the Greene Line to the Delta Queen Steamboat Co.

Research was published tracing the origin of some West Virginia Guinea families to specific biracial and triracial unions

A study of the Hammons family resulted in a double recording from the Library of Congress and a Rounder Records release

The authority to end the Greenbrier Division line was granted

Charles Town Opera House added to National Register of Historic Places

Kenton Corporation bought Charles Town and Shenandoah Downs racetracks

J. D. Maurice retired as publisher of the Charleston Daily Mail

New Davis Child Shelter established in South Charleston

Arden Cogar set the world record for underhand chopping a 12-inch block of yellow polar in 15.15 seconds

Delta tau Delta renovated its original house on Bethany College campus

The Dunbar wine cellars were added to the National Register of Historic Places

The DuPont Belle Works plant stopped producing ammonia

Easton Roller Mill was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

John Knowles wrote A Vein of Riches dealing with Fairmont history

John Knowles wrote A Vein of Riches dealing with Fairmont history

Robert Gates released the film, In Memory of the Land and People

Francis Ford Coppola filmed the Deer Hunter in the Northern Panhandle

U.S. report stated that 75% of the state was forested

Gauley Bridge became an incorporated municipality

The Delf Norona Museum opened at Grave Creek Mound

The General Albert Gallatin Jenkins house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

Roy Lee Harmon wrote Roses in December

Morris Harvey College became the University of Charleston

The Hinton Daily News became the weekly Hinton News

William Hoffman wrote Virginia Reels

Marshall University School of Medicine admitted its first class

The Job's Temple Association was incorporated