1. In 1985, West Virginia Public Broadcasting was launched on October 28. The network provides informative and entertaining content to the state's residents.

2. On October 28, 1864, the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain took place near Dublin, Virginia. The battle was part of the American Civil War and involved Union and Confederate forces. The Union army was victorious.

3. The West Virginia University Mountaineer football team achieved a significant victory on October 28, 1989. The team defeated the Penn State Nittany Lions, 13-6, in a nationally televised game.

4. The first known white settler in what is now West Virginia, Morgan Morgan, was granted a patent for 1,000 acres of land on October 28, 1735. Morgan was a Welshman who arrived in the area in the early 1700s.

5. On October 28, 1863, West Virginia became the 35th state in the United States. The state was formed during the Civil War and seceded from Virginia in order to remain in the Union.