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97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every Thursday morning, local historian Scott Washington joins 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck for “History Matters,” a look back at notable events and significant figures from this week in history, ranging from pioneers to writers to inventors to civil rights champions and more, locally, nationally, and beyond.

Click here to listen back to the full History Matters archive – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” Thursday mornings at 8:30 on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.



This week: a famous pedestrian walks 1000 miles in 1000 hours (it’s harder than you think), and a man named Walker invents the friction match. Also: a vivid dream inspires the Battle Hymn of the Republic, and Harriet Tubman rescues hundreds of enslaved people in a daring South Carolina raid.

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97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every Thursday morning, local historian Scott Washington joins 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck for “History Matters,” a look back at notable events and significant figures from this week in history, ranging from pioneers to writers to inventors to civil rights champions and more, locally, nationally, and beyond.

Click here to listen back to the full History Matters archive – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” Thursday mornings at 8:30 on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.



Scott and Aaron discuss great women in history, from aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart to Depression-era photographer Dorothea Lange to trailblazing archaeologists and even librarians. Also, Harvey Milk becomes America’s first openly gay elected official, Charles Lindbergh crosses the Atlantic, and Jesse Owens launches his legendary track & field career.

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97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every Thursday morning, local historian Scott Washington joins 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck for “History Matters,” a look back at notable events and significant figures from this week in history, ranging from pioneers to writers to inventors to civil rights champions and more, locally, nationally, and beyond.

Click here to listen back to the full History Matters archive – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” Thursday mornings at 8:30 on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.



This week, Scott and Aaron discuss various transportation pioneers – including the Jamestown settlers and a pair of trailblazing women pilots. (Amelia Earhart is one, of course, but the other has a much more fascinating life story.) Also, a “terrible sailor” navigates solo across the Atlantic.

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97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every Thursday morning, local historian Scott Washington joins 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck for “History Matters,” a look back at notable events and significant figures from this week in history, ranging from pioneers to writers to inventors to civil rights champions and more, locally, nationally, and beyond.

Click here to listen back to the full History Matters archive – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” Thursday mornings at 8:30 on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.



This week, Scott and Aaron discuss the story behind the Constitution’s 27th amendment – including an unfairly-maligned college professor. Also: Roger Bannister breaks the four-minute mile, and the mother of a special-needs student discovers a major leap forward in education.

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97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every Thursday morning, local historian Scott Washington joins 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck for “History Matters,” a look back at notable events and significant figures from this week in history, ranging from pioneers to writers to inventors to civil rights champions and more, locally, nationally, and beyond.

Click here to listen back to the full History Matters archive – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” Thursday mornings at 8:30 on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.



This week, Scott and Aaron discuss a pioneering 19th-century Black engineer whose success gave rise to the phrase “the real McCoy.” Also, Scott celebrates investigative journalist Nellie Bly and two 20th-century women both named Brooks – and Aaron reminds us that history repeats itself, so we can get perspective about today’s events (like the Gaza protests on campus and the police response) by looking at how similar events transpired in the past.

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97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every Thursday morning, local historian Scott Washington joins 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck for “History Matters,” a look back at notable events and significant figures from this week in history, ranging from pioneers to writers to inventors to civil rights champions and more, locally, nationally, and beyond.

Click here to listen back to the full History Matters archive – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” Thursday mornings at 8:30 on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.



This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate the 150th birthday of radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi – great at technology, bad at planning trips. Also this week: Coca-Cola unveils New Coke, the Hubble telescope heads to space, Coretta Scott King is born in Alabama, and the world marks the ongoing fight against malaria.

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