The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history:

Nov. 26, 1952: A blaze on the evening before Thanksgiving at the Huntington State Hospital killed 14 patients, with three more patients later dying from their injuries — making it the deadliest fire on record in West Virginia history. Huntington State Hospital is known today as the Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital.

Nov. 26, 1861: The Constitutional Convention of 1861-63 was convened in Wheeling. The convention provided the foundation for state government in preparation for statehood.

Nov. 26, 1953: Politician Shelley Moore Capito was born in Glen Dale, the daughter of future congressman and governor Arch Moore. In 2001, she became the second woman ever to represent West Virginia in Congress and, in 2015, the first w

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