1. In 1863, Union General Benjamin Kelley orders his troops to burn the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad bridge in Rowlesburg, West Virginia, to prevent Confederates from using it to transport troops and supplies.

2. In 1918, the deadliest train wreck in West Virginia history occurs near Covel when two passenger trains collide head-on, killing at least 50 people and injuring over 100.

3. In 1920, the first radio station in West Virginia, WSAZ, begins broadcasting in Huntington.

4. In 1958, the Kanawha River Valley in West Virginia is hit by a devastating flash flood that kills 26 people and causes millions of dollars in damage.

5. In 2010, a mining explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Montcoal, West Virginia, kills 29 miners in the deadliest mining disaster in the United States in over 40 years.