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
Donald Duncan sold the Duncan Parking Meter Corporation
Ellis Dungan Productions produced Wheels to Progress
Medium green was introduced for fiestaware
Hal Greer advanced to the National Basketball Association after graduation from Marshall
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
