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Ohio County was organized at a meeting of the landholders

Kentucky was created as a county of Virginia

An Apology for Christianity was published in response to Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Virginia's original constitution went into effect, favoring east over west

William Crawford commissioned colonel

Lord Dunmore returned to England

Virginia abolished quitrents and excepted Fairfax's proprietary

Fort Randolph was constructed at Point Pleasant under Capt. Matthew Arbuckle

Daniel Greathouse died of measles

John Holliday began operating a trading post at Hollidays Cove

Mad Anthony Wayne joined the continental army

The Continental Congress was petitioned to form a new state called Westsylvania

An new effort to form a colony like Vandalia began

Fort Henry was renamed for Governor Patrick Henry

Muriel Dressler published "Appalachia"

Easton Roller Mill was willed to the Monongalia Historical Society

Ann Flagg died in Illinois

Jack Fleming became sports director of WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh

Jack Fleming became announcer for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association

Ruth Ann Musick published Green Hills of Magic

Fort Ashby was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Population of Grant County was at 8,607

Alberta Pierson Hannum's book Spin a Silver Dollar radio play was published as The Blue House by U.S. Information Agency

The National Park Service opened the Harpers Ferry Center, to serve National Park units nationwide

Frank Haymond received the American Bar Association's ABA Medal

Henry Clay Furnace was added to the National Register of Historic Places

James Dickey's novel, Deliverance, made the term "hillbilly" sinister

Every Ohio River county except Jackson had at least one chemical plant

Sam Huff ran unsuccessfully for Congress

Alice Moore was elected to the Kanawha County Board of Education as an opponent of sex education

Kanawha Records stopped recording

Kenova population peaked at 5,000

Maryat Lee moved to Powley Creek

Everett Lilly moved back to Raleigh County following son's death

Alex Mahood died

Joe Manchin graduated from WVU with a bachelor's in business administration

The tannery in Marlinton closed

Paul Marshall became a registered architect

Irene McKinney received her master's from WVU

Arnold Miller was forced to retire from mining by black lung disease and arthritis

Alan Mollohan began a Fairmont law firm

Ona presented four NASCAR Grand National races

Mylan Pharmaceuticals incorporated in Pennsylvania as Mylan Laboratories

Justin B. Roberts became president of Ohio Valley College (now University)

Squire Parsons graduated from West Virginia Institute of Technology

The Penn Central Railroad corporation entered bankruptcy

Frank Beyer purchased the Philippi mummies

The first VHF non-commercial station in the state, WSWP-TV, started in Grandview

Rock Springs Park shut down and was purchased by the Department of Highways.

The first indication of Jay Rockefeller's intention to run for governor came when he spoke out against strip mining

The Ruffner Hotel closed and was demolished for a parking lot

David Selby earned a doctorate in drama from Southern Illinois University

The Meadow River Lumber Company closed

Jim Comstock republished Hubert Skidmore's Hawks Nest

Ada "Bricktop" Smith recorded her only recording, "So Long, Baby," with Cy Colemen

The South Charleston Mound was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

State Police department headquarters relocated to new facilities

Jerry West led the NBA in scoring

The Folklore Society met at WVU

The Highlands Conservancy worked to make cranberry backcountry a federal wilderness area

Federal Highway Act passed allowing tolls to be retained

Bob Wise received a B.A. from Duke University

Bill Withers moved to Los Angeles

WSAZ changed to WGNT

An addition was added to the Kanawha (now Yeager) Airport

Logan County presented its first annual Arts and Crafts Fair

Arden Cogar St cut an 8x8 inch horizontal yellow poplar in 7.05 seconds

Jack Maurice won the Pulitzer Prize for the editorials he wrote on the Kanawha County Textbook Controversy

M. Blane Michael became a law clerk to Judge Robert Maxwell

John Keel first published The Mothman Prophecies

Additions were added to the Mount St. George mansion (Vancroft)

Otter Creek was designated a wilderness area under the Eastern Wilderness Act by Congress

Squire Parsons became the baritone singer for the Kingston Quartet

Pendleton Nursing Home was formed

Janet Pauley filed a class-action law suit against the Lincoln County school system, alleging children in Lincoln County were not receiving educational opportunities equal to students in richer counties

St. Francis Hospital board of directors developed plans for a new patient tower, parking garage, medical office building, and renovations

The Grafton Daily Sentinel became the Mountain Statesman

John Kelly resigned as state treasurer

The Ohio Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation was founded

Virginia's Chapel was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

The Watters Smith Memorial State Park expanded due to gift of land by Rachel Smith Hershey

A botanist from the state Department of Agriculture resurveyed the state's weeds

The federal Eastern Wilderness Act passed

West Virginia Northern Community College opened a third campus in New Martinsville

Legislature created the West Virginia State Rail Authority

Harness racing at Wheeling Downs stopped

A dog racing bill was passed by the state legislature

The nursing school at Wheeling Hospital was discontinued

Wheeling Hospital moved to a new facility

Bob Wise graduated from the Tulane University School of Law

Chuck Yeager retired from the Air Force

Dennis Harrah was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams football team