Flashback: What Happened on September 30, ....
• 1869 The first West Virginia History Society was organized in Morgantown.
• 1870 Flooding of the Shenandoah River at Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County caused numerous loss of lives and destruction of property, particularly on Virginius Island.
• 1872 The new West Virginia Constitution went into effect.
• 1872 African-American educator Fannie Cobb Carter was born in Charleston.
• 1921 The Charleston Lions Club was chartered, the first such organization in the state.
• 1944 The Kanawha County Circuit Court temporarily blocked the firing of West Virginia University President Charles Lawall.
• 1957 One hundred to 150 white students walked out of classes at Matoaka High School, Mercer County, in protest of integration. The following day, two African-American students were beaten. That same week, similar demonstrations were held elsewhere in Mercer County and McDowell County and a fight erupted between African-American players of Stoco High School and white players of Trap Hill.
• 1981 WPMW - FM radio went on the air, the first radio stations in Mullens, Wyoming County. It was owned by Slab Fork Broadcasting.
• 1992 The West Virginia Citizen Action Group reported a decrease in toxic emissions into the air, land, and water in West Virginia from 1989 to 1990, with Kanawha County, Brooke County, and Marshall County leading the state in toxic releases in the latter year.
• 1992 A national study was released indicating West Virginia ranked last in the country in terms of women employment, at 44%.
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