The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.

Dec. 7, 1941: The USS West Virginia was badly damaged on Battleship Row during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, marking the United States’ entry into World War II. At least 27 West Virginians are known to have died in the attack.

Dec. 9, 1829: West Virginia’s fourth governor, John Jeremiah Jacob, was born in Hampshire County. He was the first governor born within the area that would become West Virginia and the first Democratic governor of the state.

Dec. 9, 1932: Songwriter, musician, playwright, humorist and poet Billy Edd Wheeler was born in Whitesville.

Dec. 10, 1841: Logan County preacher “Uncle Dyke” Garrett was b

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