Development of West Virginia's Appalachian Corridor highways began
Appalachian Regional Commission established by Congress
President Johnson's War on Poverty began
Charleston joins Morgantown and Huntington as alternating site of state high school basketball tournament
George Hodel became president of Beckley Newspapers
Bens Run Earthworks officially recorded by the Archeology Section of the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey
W. E. Blackhurst published Of Men and A Mighty Mountain
E. J. Scrafford became interim president of Bluefield State College (now University)
Weldon Boone wrote A History of Botany in West Virginia
Maurice Brooks published The Appalachians
Harry F. Byrd retired from the Senate
Governor Smith signed bill to end death penalty in West Virginia
Franklin Cleckley earned a J.D. from Indiana University
Arden Cogar exhibited his wood chopping at New York World's Fair
Diamond Department Store built a $1 million addition to its Charleston building
Pete Everest became brigadier general
African-American State Farm and Homemakers Council voted to join the West Virginia Homemakers Council
Gertrude Humphrey left WVU Extension work
One-volume edition of Flora of West Virginia was published
Ruth Ann Musick published The Telltale Lilac Bush
Ruel Foster wrote Jesse Stuart
Per capita personal income in West Virginia was 76% of national average
The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation made its first discretionary grant, to Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston)
State Route 150, the Highland Scenic Highway, began construction
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) was established
Hope Natural Gas Company and New York State Natural Gas Corporation merged to form Consolidated Gas Supply Corporation
Hopemont Sanitarium became a personal care center
Blasingame Report recommending improved library service was completed
The West Virginia Library Commission launched an ambitious library construction project
A joint committee was created to study and survey matters of government, finance, and claims against the state and make recommendations to the full legislature
The Logan Banner was sold to a Tennessee publishing company
Marco mascot first began showing up at Marshall University events
Dan Maroney was elected a vice president in the Amalgamated Transit Union
Paul Marshall stopped working at Libbey-Owens-Ford in Kanawha City
Morgantown Glassware Guild was purchased by Fostoria Glass
Mount Storm Lake was built to supply water for steam generation at coal-fired power plant
Mylan Pharmaceuticals moved to Morgantown
The last coke-making operation in the New River Gorge closed at Sewell
Delf Norona became the first recipient of the Sigfus Olafson Award for his outstanding contributions to the West Virginia archeology
E. Lewis Case became president of Ohio Valley College (now Ohio Valley University)
Ohio Valley College (now University) was accredited by the state of West Virginia
Congress created the 100,000 acre Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area.
Jack Rollins moved to Cincinnati
The Soupy Sales Show first debuted nationally
Burl Sawyers resigned as state roads commissioner under indictment
Charles Town Race Track installed lighting
Smoke Hole became part of the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area
Red Sovine wrote "Giddyup Go"
Miles Stanley was selected as personal assistant to AFL-CIO President George Meany
Fred Torrey made a bust of John F. Kennedy
U.S. combat troops first deployed in the Vietnam War
The War on Poverty was scaled back due to the escalation of the Vietnam War
Charles Schiff became conductor of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra
