History Matters: Recent Episodes
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This week, Scott and Aaron remember Jesse Owens’ triumph over Hitler at the 1936 Olympics – and the different ways in which those games may have been covered at the time. Also: a collegiate champion rower becomes an Olympic champion biker; Elisha Otis invents the safety inventor; and an American woman leads a successful fight against age discrimination. (Overcoming her history-averse religious leanings in the process?)
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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This week in history: revolutionary leaders sign the Declaration of Independence, after New York officially gets on board. Also: the Korean War comes to an end; four pilots complete the first transatlantic helicopter flight; and Beatrix Potter creates Peter Rabbit – plus some highly acclaimed drawings of mushrooms.
Also: Scott and Aaron wonder about Canada, and Aaron reflects on how our present-day turmoil and division still pales in comparison to the turmoil and division of (numerous!) past periods in American history.
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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This week, Scott and Aaron remember the 1969 moon landing – and the famous quote that accompanied it. Also: Amelia Earhart is born, a persistent scientist uncovers the defects of thalidomide, and North Carolinians meet in Hillsborough to consider the new U.S. Constitution – in a 1788 midsummer that wasn’t as hot as you’d think.
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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This week, Scott and Aaron reflect on the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789. (If that was a “hated prison,” does that imply the existence of a non-hated prison?) Scott and Aaron also continue looking back at the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution – including two separate, very slightly different versions of the Declaration of Independence. (Aaron also reflects on how big the world really was in 1776, considering the communication and transportation technologies that were available at the time.)
Also: Nelson Mandela is born, Ida B. Wells fights back against lynching, and a Hungarian architect creates an international sensation.
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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Scott and Aaron continue discussing the 250th anniversary of American independence – which transpired over several weeks, not just July 4. Also: Althea Gibson becomes the first Black woman to win Wimbledon, and the Fourteenth Amendment is ratified.
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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This week, Scott and Aaron remember the declaration of American independence – which occurred on July 4, but also July 2, July 9, and August 2. (The choice of July 4 as the holiday was somewhat arbitrary – which is how it often goes with holidays.) Also: the 26th Amendment is ratified, giving 18-year-olds the right to vote; and an 18th-century colonist becomes the first female newspaper editor in America. And Scott and Aaron discuss the importance of representation in government – and the extent to which some of our biggest moments of social and governmental progress have resulted directly from the upheavals of war.
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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This week, Scott and Aaron remember the Stonewall riots, the fight against racial segregation – and the people who willingly sacrificed their own comfort and personal best interests so that future generations could have justice. Also this week: a 19th-century effort to generate rain with loud noise, an equally dubious attempt to prevent damaging hail – and a seemingly dubious (but ultimately successful) effort to bike around the world, by a woman who’d only just learned how to ride.
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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This week, Scott covers 800 years of history – including the execution of six accused “Regulators” in Hillsborough in 1771, a controversy that became a key part of the run-up to the American Revolution. (Scott’s hosting a “Regulator Remembrance Day” event at 6 p.m. Friday, June 19, at the Regulators Historic Marker near the intersection of Cameron and East King Streets.) Also, the Magna Carta is signed in 1215; George Washington takes over the American army; and Susan B. Anthony is fined for attempting to vote.
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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Founding-era leader Roger Sherman takes center stage this week, for contributions both around the Revolution and the framing of the Bill of Rights. Also this week in history: civil rights leader Medgar Evers is assassinated in 1963; the 1966 Miranda decision affirms an essential due-process right (shockingly recently); and Anne Frank is born in 1929. (Also, Aaron expounds on the importance of due-process rights – even though every attempt to enforce them has historically sparked a backlash from law enforcement.)
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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This week in history: the shopping cart is invented by an enterprising supermarket owner; the Griswold v. Connecticut case strengthens the legal right to privacy; Harriet Tubman joins the Union Army in the Civil War; and Claudette Colvin stands up (or sits down) against bus segregation in 1955, several months before Rosa Parks.
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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This week in history: Star Wars hits theaters, Jesse Owens sets records, Rachel Carson saves the environment, and Dorothea Lange documents the Depression. Also: Scott and Aaron discuss Memorial Day, the Mecklenburg Resolves, and the fascinating racial history behind the Lincoln Memorial.
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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This week, Scott and Aaron look back on a trio of aviators: Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, and a third pilot who’s more famous for her time in the water. Also: Scott remembers a pioneering librarian and a man who lent his name to the temperature.
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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This week marks the anniversary of the 1771 Battle of Alamance, a precursor to the Revolutionary War. Also: the Constitutional Convention begins in 1787, the smallpox vaccine is developed in 1796, and Scott and Aaron remember major women in US history – including the first woman to break the sound barrier, an icon in cosmetics, a legendary bicyclist, and a baseball star who helped inspire “A League of Their Own.”
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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This week in history: Alan Shepard flies to space, and the Morehead Planetarium opens in Chapel Hill. As for more Earth-bound things: Roger Bannister breaks the four-minute mile, and a college student’s shoddy work leads directly to a Constitutional amendment.
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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This week, Scott and Aaron remember poet Gwendolyn Brooks, who became the first Black writer to win a Pulitzer Prize this week in 1950. Also: civil rights heroes Coretta Scott King and Septima Clark are born, along with famed labor organizer Mother Jones; and Nelson Mandela is elected president of South Africa.
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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This week is Earth Week, so Scott and Aaron talk environmental protection – including the 1920 dedication of the Grand Canyon as a national park. (Not to mention local preservation efforts, like the successful push to save Occoneechee Mountain as a natural area in Hillsborough.) Also, legendary reporter Edward R. Murrow is born in Greensboro, and a Swedish-American engineer named Gideon Sundback invents an ingenious device that we all now use every day. (Also, Aaron gets political, and the studio briefly fights a leaky ceiling.)
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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This week, Scott and Aaron remember the courageous vice-principal at Little Rock Central High School who protected Black students after integration in 1957. Also: the history of Tax Day, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the Confederate surrender at Durham’s Bennett Place.
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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This week in history: the first recorded sale of matches, the start of the Civil War, and the birth of pioneering Labor Secretary Frances Perkins – as well as Franklin D. Roosevelt, the president under whom she served as the first-ever female Cabinet secretary. Also: the birth of a largely forgotten but highly influential labor organizer, the signing of a major civil rights bill – and a discussion about the historical importance of small things and under-the-radar developments, which matter more to people’s everyday lives than the “big” events historians so often emphasize.
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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This week in history: an inventor cashes in on his greatest invention – just in time for the patent to be rescinded. Also: the U.S. purchases Alaska from Russia, the Fifteenth Amendment advances in the U.S. Constitution, a drinking song becomes the Star-Spangled Banner, and the yellow school bus makes its debut. (Also, Aaron is nonplussed by a cruise-ship trivia contest, and Scott has the best segue of all time.)
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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This week in history: Scott and Aaron remember St. Patrick and Mr. Rogers – as well as a dog who became celebrated as a World War I hero. Also: Johnny Appleseed spreads fruit (and liquor) across America; and Great Britain repeals the Stamp Act in 1766 – but the U.S. imposes its own stamp tax later, to help protect migratory birds.
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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This week in history: Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone; Juliette Low founds the Girl Scouts; the “Spanish” flu epidemic begins (actually in Kansas); and attorney Ben Ferencz brings the Nazis to justice after World War II.
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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This week, Scott and Aaron look back on the etymological origin of the word “tennis” and the invention of the modern dishwasher. (Both of which come about because of other significant inventions, as it happens.) Also: the Constitution officially takes effect, albeit without a President at first (what a great idea!). And Aaron points out the most important historical detail of all: today is Scott’s birthday.
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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This week in history: the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge in North Carolina helps spark the Revolutionary War. Also: the derisive word “bunk” is coined in response to a long, rambling speech from a Buncombe County lawmaker; and a British man patents a game that eventually becomes popular when it gets a better name. (Also: Aaron remembers his experience being in the U.S. Capitol for the State of the Union in 2000, and Scott promises to dig into the etymological origins of the word “tennis.”)
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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This week in history: legendary astronaut John Glenn orbits the earth – with the help of a chimp named Enos. Also: social reformer Lugenia Hope advances the early civil rights movement; French athlete Marie Marvingt succeeds at every sport imaginable; George Washington celebrates two different birthdays; the toothpick becomes ubiquitous thanks to an ingenious guerilla marketing scheme; and Benjamin Franklin coins the term “battery.”
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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This week in history: Grant Wood and Abraham Lincoln are born, Lincoln poses for a famous portrait, and Nelson Mandela is released from prison. Also: a horrific racist incident in South Carolina in 1946 sparks major civil-rights reform – just one of several big developments in civil rights in America in the three years immediately after World War II.
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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This week in history: two trailblazing 19th-century female doctors, the Fifteenth Amendment guaranteeing the right to vote, an extended Christmas celebration, the midpoint between winter and spring – and of course, the long-neglected groundhog.
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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This week in history: Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment, and the 1960 Greensboro lunch counter sit-in begins. Also: Harry Truman proclaims February 1 as National Freedom Day; an iceberg is spotted off the coast of North Carolina; and miniature golf is invented at Pinehurst.
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.
You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was this week – a reminder that social movements are rarely, if ever, popular in their own time. Also: Scott and Aaron look back on the first Winter Olympics, the passage of the 24th Amendment (banning poll taxes) and the 20th Amendment (moving the presidential inauguration date), and the accidental invention of the Frisbee.
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.
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This week, Scott and Aaron remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – who was actually born Michael King before a trip to Germany inspired his father to change his name. Also: Lumbee Indians fight back against the KKK in Robeson County; the Revolutionary War officially comes to an end; the U.S. (very briefly) bans bread slicers during World War II; and Pennsylvania gets rowdy in the Constitutional ratification debate. All reminders that the fights for justice, for freedom, for constitutional rights, and against extremist bigotry can sometimes turn ugly – but are still worthy and essential nonetheless.
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This week, Scott and Aaron remember Carrboro music legend Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten – who might have lived and died in obscurity, were it not for one chance meeting with a famous family. Also: Fannie Farmer revolutionizes cooking by publishing a cookbook with standardized measurements; FDR delivers his famed “Four Freedoms” speech; and Teddy Roosevelt preserves the Grand Canyon for posterity.
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This week, Scott and Aaron remember the 234th anniversary of the 1791 ratification of the Bill of Rights – which Scott celebrates each year with a bell-ringing ceremony in Hillsborough. Also: the Constitution is amended to ban slavery; the Boston Tea Party helps launch the American Revolution; the Wright brothers take flight; “Gone With The Wind” and “It’s A Wonderful Life” arrive in theaters; “The Simpsons” makes its TV debut; George Washington camps with his troops at Valley Forge – and a notable boat carrying migrant refugees arrives on American soil.
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This week in history: Brian Epstein becomes the Beatles’ manager, and the Bill of Rights becomes part of the Constitution. (Scott takes that opportunity to promote a bell-ringing ceremony he hosts every Bill of Rights Day, which is December 15: everyone’s invited to downtown Hillsborough at noon that day to ring bells in honor of the 234th anniversary of the Bill of Rights’ ratification.)
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This week in history: Walt Disney is born, Rosa Parks takes a seat for justice, and a chimpanzee blazes a trail to space.
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This week in history marks the debut of two famous mice: Mickey Mouse in 1928, and the computer mouse in the late 1960s. Also: Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address – and issues a proclamation fixing the date of Thanksgiving, thanks in part to a delay in the Gettysburg ceremony.
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This week, Scott and Aaron remember a pioneering woman aviator, the invention of the grocery cart, and the largest iceberg ever spotted. Also: trailblazing 19th-century journalist Nellie Bly goes around the world in 72 days; the Guinness Book of World Records is launched; and new advancements in transportation pave the way for expanded freedom and equality. (And corporatization too, but that’s another story.)
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This week in history: James Naismith invents basketball, to help combat a rash of juvenile delinquency. (Kids today are not more unruly or disrespectful than previous generations, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.) Also: Benjamin Banneker helps plan Washington, DC; Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr invents a new technology to help fight the Nazis; Susan B. Anthony stands up for voting rights; and the Depression-era Civil Works Administration leads to a new museum in Hillsborough.
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This week, Scott and Aaron remember a mock funeral for “liberty” that Wilmingtonians staged in 1765 to protest the Stamp Act. Also: A French doctor sails across the Atlantic for mental health awareness; a New York woman invents the modern home security system; and Orson Welles terrifies the entire nation.
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This week in history: North Carolina women publicly stand up to Great Britain in 1774, in a boycott called the “Edenton Tea Party.” Also: the United Nations charter takes effect, thanks to the efforts of Franklin D. Roosevelt; pioneering woman aviator Beryl Markham one-ups Charles Lindbergh; Thomas Edison perfects the light bulb; and Aaron offers a poor forecast of Boston’s December weather.
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This week, Aaron and Scott remember Abraham Lincoln’s beard and the inventor of the yellow light at intersections. Also: a nineteenth-century woman walks around the world (sort of); an impromptu childhood story turns into an all-time classic; and Scott recounts his favorite historical story, about a carrier pigeon who saved a squadron of troops in World War II – plus a French cat who went to space.
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This week in history: “The Jazz Singer” is released in theaters, the first-ever “talkie” movie with synchronized sound. Also: the Battle of Kings Mountain marks a turning point in the Revolutionary War; “Dune” author and celebrated futurist Frank Herbert is born; and President John F. Kennedy delivers a famous speech in Chapel Hill, on UNC’s University Day.
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This week, Scott and Aaron remember two 19th-century women whose work focused on lifting people up: Caroline Yale, who developed new techniques for teaching the hearing-impaired, and Elizabeth Gaskell, whose novels focused on the lives of the very poor. Also: a Duke professor becomes a pioneer in the study of ESP and parapsychology, and an American immigrant scores a hit by inventing Cracker Jack.
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This week in history: the U.S. Post Office is established in 1789, and Congress approves the Bill of Rights. Also: Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to climb Mt. Everest, and Ellen Church becomes the first commercial flight attendant (though only because sexism prevented her from becoming a pilot).
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This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate the 238th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution – creating a country that was larger, from a 1787 perspective, than just about anything we can imagine today. Also: a daring slave escape during the Civil War, a famed Arctic explorer who had to delay publishing her research because the U.S. government needed it during wartime – and a UFO sighting by a relatively well-known historical figure.
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This week, Scott and Aaron remember the battle that inspired Francis Scott Key to write “The Star-Spangled Banner” – and the magazine ad campaign that led Francis Bellamy to write the Pledge of Allegiance eight decades later. Also: civil rights trailblazer Ruby Bridges is born, and St. Augustine is founded in Florida – today, the oldest continuous settlement in the modern-day U.S.
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This Labor Day week, Scott and Aaron celebrate the labor movement – which, surprisingly, has always been largely driven by the fight for free time, like weekends and paid leave. Also: Scott and Aaron remember an advocate for early childhood education, famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass, the 1775 Third Provincial Congress in Hillsborough, an American painting legend – and two guys who used their free time to complete a towering (and very time-consuming!) achievement.
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This week, Scott and Aaron remember pivotal moments in American social movements, from the ratification of the 19th Amendment (guaranteeing the right to vote for women) to Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I Have A Dream” speech in 1963 – and a lesser-known but major figure in the women’s rights movement in the early 20th century. They’re all examples of a key fact about many social movements: they may culminate with rapid gains, but it often takes decades of hard work and dedicated activism, on the local and state level as well as the national level, in order to enable those big achievements in the end. (Also this week: the birthday of famed author Mary Shelley, whose “Frankenstein” grew out of one extremely cold summer.)
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This week in history: the Roanoke colony is lost, three years to the day after the birth of Virginia Dare. Also: Orville Wright is born in 1871; the first African slaves are brought to Virginia in 1619; and the Third Provincial Congress meets in Hillsborough in 1775, part of the runup to the American Revolution.
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This week in history: the accidental invention of the Popsicle, the creation of the “Dick & Jane” book series, the creation of Social Security, and one woman’s (successful!) effort to singlehandedly save Jockey’s Ridge State Park from development. Also, Aaron and Scott have a completely uneducated discussion about the best approach(es) to teaching reading skills to young kids.
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This week in history: Disneyland opens to the public, French citizens storm the Bastille, and civil-rights advocate Ida B. Wells is born. Also: American revolutionary leaders decide to add their signatures to the Declaration of Independence; the first man lands on the moon; and we all celebrate National Ice Cream Day. (Isn’t every day National Ice Cream Day?)
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This week, Scott and Aaron remember George Washington Carver, whose work had a ripple effect that contributed to later innovations that saved millions of lives. Also: the Fourteenth Amendment is ratified; the Declaration of Independence is first read in New York; and Scott and Aaron reflect on the recent storms that affected our community just in the last few days.
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This week, Scott and Aaron discuss Independence Day – or Independence Days, rather, since July 2, July 9, and August 2 could also stake a claim. Also: Thomas Jefferson acts like a college freshman; North Carolina’s vote enshrines the 26th Amendment; the Medicare program launches in 1966; an early Pennsylvanian becomes the first American woman to run a newspaper; and Scott and Aaron celebrate the legibility of the Constitution. (Considering how legalese-y most laws are, it really is pretty remarkable.)
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Scott and Aaron remember several great women of American history – and a few impactful social movements, some of which (in Aaron’s words) serve as reminders that while we often say violence is never the answer, “sometimes you got to throw a rock.” This week: legendary sprinter Wilma Rudolph, a pioneering and influential African-American librarian, a woman who challenged stereotypes on the seat of a bicycle, the Stonewall rioters, the colonial Regulators, and a group of courageous Durhamites who staged a sit-in against segregation at the Royal Ice Cream Parlor in 1957.
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This week, Scott and Aaron discuss the invention of the ballpoint pen, the births of Jacques Cousteau and Anne Frank, and a pivotal Supreme Court decision that cemented our Constitutional rights. Also: the Magna Carta is signed – though whether it happened this week in history is up for debate – and the first-ever seeing-eye dog arrives in New York City.
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This week, Scott and Aaron look back on D-Day, a seminal Supreme Court case, and the woman who brought kindergartens to America. Also, the shopping cart is invented in an Oklahoma grocery store, and James Madison introduces the Bill of Rights to Congress despite his own concerns and objections – some of which, in fairness, turned out to be right.
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This week, Scott and Aaron look back at the Mecklenburg Resolves, approved May 31, 1775 as part of the runup to the Declaration of Independence. Also: the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in 1922, though it wouldn’t be understood as a symbol of civil rights until later. And Scott remembers two influential 20th-century American women, photographer Dorothea Lange and environmentalist writer Rachel Carson – both of whom found themselves forced by circumstance to take the jobs they’d always wanted in the first place.
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This week, Scott and Aaron honor historical figures whose sheer laziness led them to world-changing innovations – like bifocals and the accordion, both invented by people who just didn’t feel like shifting back and forth between two things. Also: Daniel Fahrenheit discovers an accurate way to measure temperature; Mary Cassatt becomes a famous Impressionist painter (with a little help from personal privilege); and Harvey Milk becomes a trailblazing LGBTQ pioneer.
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Everything comes full circle this week, as Scott and Aaron remember vaccine pioneer Edward Jenner and evolution teacher John Scopes. (Though Aaron’s not too keen on what Scopes did with his career after he lost his teaching job.) Also, Scott remembers a woman who sailed across the Atlantic (despite limited skills) and another woman who made major contributions to the field of astronomy – despite having no formal education. (And Scott and Aaron learn about the history of vaccination in real time, thanks to a slight date-related confusion.)
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This week, Scott and Aaron remember the 1992 ratification of the 27th Amendment – a process that began with a college student’s paper. Also this week in history: Coca-Cola is invented, originally as a ‘brain tonic’; Congress passes a bill establishing the U.S. post office (and new roads, to facilitate mail delivery); Michelangelo begins painting the Sistine Chapel; and famed 19th-century investigative reporter Nellie Bly is born.
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This week in history: the first edition of Roget’s Thesaurus is published, and a tweak to the harpsichord becomes the world’s first piano. Also: legendary writers Harper Lee and Gwendolyn Brooks are born, and the (often-imitated) work of an inventive 19th-century African-American engineer inspires the phrase “the real McCoy.”
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This week, Scott and Aaron discuss historical leaders who were willing to go back to the drawing board and correct mistakes – like the developers of the Hubble telescope (which was blurry at first, thanks to a metric-conversion error) and the signers of a Confederate surrender at Durham’s Bennett Place in 1865. Also: John Wilkes Booth is captured and killed; South Africa holds an historic national election; Coretta Scott King is born in Alabama; and Edward R. Murrow is born in North Carolina.
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This week in history; the Civil War comes to an end in North Carolina; Paul Revere makes his famed midnight ride; the pencil erasure is born, and more.
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This week’s a pivotal one in U.S. history, with both the beginning and the end of the Civil War. Also: Congress passes civil rights bills (though the Supreme Court stands in the way of some); North Carolina passes the Halifax Resolves ahead of the American Revolution; and Scott celebrates the first Black woman in America to become a judge.
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This week, Scott and Aaron look back on the debut of “Oklahoma,” the first dance marathon, and the first appearance of the peace symbol. Also, we connect new trends with old trends: viral TikTok endurance challenges as the modern-day version of 1920s dance marathons, or online learning as the modern-day version of the 19th- and 20th-century mail-away correspondence courses. Truly, nothing new under the sun.
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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.
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This week, Scott and Aaron honor figures who pushed boundaries – including early European explorers and settlers in the Carolinas, the inventor of a ‘fire extinguisher’ that evolved into our modern-day sprinkler systems, and a celebrated writer and women’s rights activist who also influenced the writing of “The Wizard of Oz.” Also: the Fifteenth Amendment is ratified, the song “Happy Birthday” is written, and Scott learns that he’s a Marvel superhero.
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This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate historical Americans who fought to make their world a better place. All born this week in history: beloved TV host Fred Rogers, civil rights hero Bayard Rustin – and librarian Clara Breed, who advocated for Japanese kids in World War II internment camps.
Also: an FBI sting operation recovers North Carolina’s original copy of the Bill of Rights, and a Texas secretary invents White-Out.
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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 look back at famous inventions: the telephone, the escalator, and the shopping cart. Also: the beginning of two pandemics, COVID in 2020 and the (unjustly-named) “Spanish” flu of 1918; the birth of Johnny Appleseed (maybe); and the founding of the Girl Scouts.
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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 in history: Anne Sullivan meets Helen Keller, Elizabeth Keckley meets Mary Todd Lincoln, Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone, Babe Ruth hits his first professional home run, and America finally gets a national anthem – and somehow it all comes together at the 1893 World’s Fair.
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This week in history, the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge launches North Carolina into the center of the American Revolution. Also: the Twenty-Second Amendment limits presidential terms; Ben Franklin invents the lightning rod; a beloved children’s author is born; and a new cinematic experience allows children to “make all the noise they want.”
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This week, Scott and Aaron look back at historical inventors who were also geniuses when it came to marketing their new products – like the duo who invented the first toothpick-making machine and the man who developed modern-day lawn tennis. Also this week in history: children begin getting inoculated with Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine.
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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 Valentine’s week, Scott and Aaron spotlight a pair of fun inventions: the QWERTY keyboard and the square-bottomed paper bag. Also: North Carolinian Harriet Jacobs escapes from slavery, and a heroic woman shelters Anne Frank’s family from the Nazis.
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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.
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Leading with a great quotation from Blaise Pascal, Scott remembers numerous great figures in history – including pioneering female physicians Elizabeth Blackwell and Rebecca Lee Crumpler, plus civil rights leader Rosa Parks, Watergate security guard Frank Willis, and the scientist who developed the Heimlich maneuver. Also: the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the importance of organization in successful social movements.
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This week, Scott and Aaron remember a celebrated historian, a legendary crusader for justice, and a great American president – and some perspective on our current situation, from those same three figures. Also: a pioneering paleontologist who made prehistory come alive, and a pivotal moment in U.S. history.
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Scott’s snowbound this week, but he dials in by phone to look back on this week in history – including the passage of the U.S. Constitution’s 24th Amendment, which banned poll taxes as a condition of voting. Scott and Aaron also discuss a trio of great women in history: journalist Nellie Bly, pioneering pilot Bessie Coleman, and “Sound of Music” heroine Maria Von Trapp.
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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.
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This week in history: Scott and Aaron look back on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a woman who stood up to the Nazis, famed animal advocate Dian Fossey, a World War II-era ban on sliced bread, and the woman who wrote “King Kong” (a movie Scott may or may not have ever actually seen).
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This week’s all about standardization, as Scott and Aaron look back on the development of modern recipes – and modern time zones. Also: the Grand Canyon becomes a national monument; Jimmy Carter sees a UFO; and Scott waxes nostalgic about a long-forgotten, old-timey contraption – the pen?!
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This week, Scott looks back on the North Carolina pharmacist (and Latin scholar) who invented Vick’s VapoRub – though it didn’t go by that name at first. Also, a North Carolina sculptor creates the image of FDR that now appears on the dime, and Amelia Earhart actually keeps a New Year’s resolution.
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This week, Scott remembers a man who sailed across the Atlantic in a rubber boat and an African-American business pioneer – and tries his best to derail Aaron’s Impossible Quiz. Also: Washington crosses the Delaware, and Clara Barton saves lives.
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Scott and Aaron look back on a busy week in U.S. history – from the Boston Tea Party to the Wright Brothers’ flight. And not only that: this week also brings us North Carolina’s 1776 Declaration of Rights, the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, and the invention of basketball in 1891.
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This week marks the anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights – an event Scott commemorates each year with an event in Hillsborough. Sunday, December 15, everyone’s invited to gather at 2 p.m. outside the historic courthouse on King Street – and ring bells for 233 seconds, one for each year since the Bill of Rights was ratified back in 1791. (Hillsborough plays a major role in the Bill of Rights’ history: it was there in 1788 that North Carolina decided not to ratify the Constitution until provisions were made for a Bill of Rights, which pushed Congress to start moving to enact one the following year.)
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This week, Scott and Aaron remember a trio of disruptive people in history: a proto-social worker in the 19th century, a schoolteacher who became an influential gay-rights activist, and a world-famous cartoonist whose work changed the shape of family entertainment in multiple ways. (Also, Aaron comes up with his best pun ever.)
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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, Aaron and Scott examine the history of Thanksgiving – which includes not just the Pilgrims, but also Thomas Jefferson, the Great Depression, and the author of “Mary Had A Little Lamb.” Also, Scott turns the spotlight on a heroic chimpanzee whose efforts helped launch the American space program.
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This week, Scott and Aaron remember a woman whose financial acumen helped save the U.S. economy not once, but twice. Also: Thomas Edison invents the phonograph, Jerrie Mock sets aviation records, Dorothy Dix becomes one of America’s first popular advice columnists, and Rodney Dangerfield finally gets respect.
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This week, Scott and Aaron remember an aviation pioneer, a pair of civil rights milestones, the inventor and namesake of the sandwich, and a tense moment in American colonial history – which ended well, in this case.
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This week, Scott and Aaron reflect on Tuesday’s election, with reassuring lessons and words from history (including from Martin Luther, born this week in 1483). Also: Ben Franklin establishes America’s first library, and the Guinness Book of World Records comes into being.
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This week, we remember a colonial protest against the Stamp Act – a reminder that you can make your voice heard any day, not just Election Day. Also: the inventions of the ballpoint pen and home surveillance systems; the 1929 stock market crash; and a lesser-known (but still pivotal) Supreme Court ruling on school desegregation.
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This week, Scott looks back on a woman who went over Niagara Falls and survived, and another woman who became the first to swim the English Channel. Also: Thomas Edison invents a functional lightbulb, and colonial North Carolinians hold their own version of the Boston Tea Party.
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This week, Scott celebrates various people (and animals) who achieved things that were believed to be impossible: like the inventor of the frosted light bulb, a carrier pigeon who saved a town, a cat who went to space, and a physician who took to the sea – and inspired a mental health movement.
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This week, Scott looks back on George Washington and the completion of the Washington Monument, plus a 19th-century abolitionist and women’s rights advocate whose career deserves more attention – and a group of pioneering lifesavers on the Outer Banks.
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This week, Scott and Aaron remember a 19th-century woman who won a global astronomy award – and two 20th-century civil rights activists whose advocacy opened the door for both equality and democracy.
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This week, Scott and Aaron discuss the Bill of Rights, a trailblazing civil rights heroine, a fitness pioneer, and the real-life 19th-century folk hero who spread apple trees all over the U.S.
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This week, Scott and Aaron remember several great figures in history – including a retail pioneer, a globetrotting mountaineer, a daring escapee, and an actress whose face appeared in grocery stores for decades.
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Aaron hijacks this week’s installment to share a recent discovery about a hilariously obscene moment in North Carolina’s 1788 Constitutional ratification debate. Also, Scott discusses pivotal moments in history that turned on small interactions between just a handful of people.
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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 origins of Labor Day, a courageous girl who fought segregation – and Colonel Sanders. Also: Independence Day gets belated recognition, and a beloved children’s classic has its first day in print.
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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 remember a trailblazing swimmer, a Civil War general who moved the dial on slavery, and a North Carolina invention that became an internationally known product – once its name got changed, at least.
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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 launch of commercial radio, the release of The Wizard of Oz, and much more – from inspiring trailblazers like Althea Gibson, to sobering moments like the first arrival of African slaves in America in 1619.
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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 remember the North Carolinians who protected the lands that became the Jockey’s Ridge and Eno River State Parks. Also, a philanthropist helps preserve Cape Hatteras National Seashore, and a woman (eventually) sails 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 braves a tropical storm to cover this week in history, including Jesse Owens’ triumph at the 1936 Olympics, a trailblazing female swimmer who crossed the English Channel, and the inventor – or inventors, rather! – of the game Monopoly.
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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 the invention of the modern ice cream maker – and whoever it was that discovered the ice cream-making process in the first place. Also: Jesse Owens defies Hitler and wins four gold medals, and a courageous North Carolina woman singlehandedly saves her home from the British army.
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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 several great women in history – who would have gotten more press, if not for Amelia Earhart. Also: two late-19th century writers leave their mark in different ways, and a grieving mother takes a courageous stand for justice.
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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 remember a pair of memorable Atlantic crossings: Molly Brown’s “unsinkable” trip on the Titanic, and “Wrong-Way” Corrigan’s flight to Ireland (which was almost certainly intentional, no matter what he said after the fact). Also, reflections on Nelson Mandela, still a global inspiration whose birthday was this week in 1918.
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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.
On this special Wednesday edition of History Matters, Scott and Aaron discuss the Declaration of Independence and what led to it – including some pivotal events here in North Carolina. Also: Amelia Earhart’s plane goes down; another pioneering woman aviator takes flight; an American sculptor overcomes prejudice to achieve global renown; and a despised French administrator lends his name to a new art form.
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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 recounts the story of Annie Londonderry, who biked around the world to prove that women could. Also: Babe Zaharias Didrikson masters all the sports; pioneering Black librarian Virginia Lacy Jones stands up for inclusion; and the Stonewall riots launch the modern LGBTQ rights movement.
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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 Juneteenth – and a local historical event, Regulator Remembrance Day, coincidentally also June 19. Also: birthdays for the inventor of the crossword puzzle, the inventor of the chocolate chip cookie, a famed and acclaimed sci-fi writer, and a star track athlete who overcame polio to become the fastest woman in the world.
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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 Ben Franklin’s kite experiment, several big Supreme Court rulings, and the invention of the ballpoint pen. Also, Scott looks ahead at Regulator Remembrance Day, next Wednesday, June 19, at 6 p.m. in Hillsborough to mark the anniversary of the execution of six “Regulators” who resisted British colonial rule in the years just prior to the American Revolution.
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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 mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day – though what the “D” actually stands for is still a bit of a mystery. Also: the Bill of Rights is proposed, the 19th Amendment is ratified, Homer Plessy challenges racial segregation, and – one of Scott’s favorite stories – the shopping cart is invented at an Oklahoma grocery store.
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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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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 major events in the aftermath of the Civil War and the runup to the American Revolution – and how events might have been completely different if communication technology had not been at the exact level it was.
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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 Halifax Resolves, which made North Carolina the first colony to call for independence in 1776. Also this week in history: the Civil War begins at Fort Sumter and ends (sort of) with Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. And we celebrate a major figure in 20th-century U.S. history, who became America’s first Black female judge.
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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.
Now in their brand new studio, Scott and Aaron discuss solar eclipses, buses, surfboards, and the midnight ride of Paul Revere – who actually had lots of folks along with him, but their last names didn’t rhyme with as many words. Sorry William Dawes, no fame for you.
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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 inventor of the fire extinguisher (or sprinkler?), the opening of the Eiffel Tower, and the writing of the music that became the Star-Spangled Banner. Also: multiple states get a court order to desegregate their schools more than a decade after Brown v. Board of Education, a reminder that the Constitution only has the power that we choose to give it.
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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 three great historical figures: Mary Shelley, who published “Frankenstein” this week in 1818; Juliette Low, who founded the Girl Scouts this week in 1912; and Bayard Rustin, hero of the civil rights movement who was born this week also in 1912.
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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 in history: the Boston Massacre, the first telephone patent, America’s first female Cabinet secretary, and the birth of a horticulturist who made major contributions – some beloved, others not so much.
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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.
It’s Leap Day, the first one on a Thursday in almost 20 years. Scott and Aaron discuss the origin of Leap Day on the calendar; they explore the history of voting rights and the power (or lack thereof) of the Constitution; and Aaron discusses the weirdness of playing the national anthem before sporting events.
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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 origins of President’s Day in the birthdays of Washington and Lincoln, the signing of a treaty that brings Florida into the U.S., an early civil rights heroine, two men who embarked on a five-year journey – and the foundation of Woolworth’s, which changed shopping forever. (Also, Aaron lobbies for more days off.)
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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, Aaron and Scott discuss Presidents’ Day, the Ferris wheel, and the invention of the square-bottomed paper bag – and Elizabeth Keckley, whose autobiography Aaron finally read for the first time last month.
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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 look back at 1864, when Abraham Lincoln posed for the photo that eventually wound up on the five-dollar bill. Also: the first-ever cross-country airplane flight (which took several months to complete), and a North Carolina woman whose innovations made her famous as “Lady Edison.”
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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.
A broken car keeps Scott out of the studio, but he joins Aaron by phone to discuss significant moments in American civil-rights history, on the first day of Black History Month – including the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, the Greensboro sit-in in 1960, and Rosa Parks’ brave stand (or brave sit, as it were) in 1954.
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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 WCHL’s 71st birthday: we first went on the air January 25, 1953. Also: the 24th Amendment bans poll taxes, the 20th Amendment shifts Inauguration Day, the inventor of the Frisbee is born, and John Hancock saves the Constitution.
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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 remembers the time in World War II when a wheat shortage briefly led the U.S. to ban sliced bread. Also: Martin Luther King, Jr. is born (though not originally with that name); two women make their careers by working with great apes; the famous international symbol of peace is created (originally a symbol of the push for nuclear disarmament); and Aaron pleads with people to make the arguments they actually believe, rather than whatever arguments conveniently support their position. (Pet peeve. Big time pet peeve.)
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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 people who made history by fooling around – like Elvis Presley, born this week in 1935, or the Davidson College students who performed America’s first medical X-ray back in 1896. Also: the Treaty of Paris ends the Revolutionary War, a British racing pioneer is born, and Andrew Jackson wins a decisive battle – two weeks after the end of the war.
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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 examine the history of January 1 as the first day of the year. Also: local blues legend Elizabeth Cotten is born; Solomon Northup regains his freedom after 12 years in slavery; the Emancipation Proclamation takes effect; and Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his famous “Four Freedoms” speech, with fascism on the rise and World War II looming.
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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 look back on the history of Christmas – including the beloved “12 Days of Christmas” carol. Also, Thomas Edison demonstrates his light bulb, a North Carolina sculptor produces the portrait of FDR that (maybe) appears on the dime, and Amelia Earhart takes her first flight (but not her last).
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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 discussion of “You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch” leads Scott and Aaron to a conversation about the importance of staying hopeful – and then getting out there and acting on it. Also: a Frenchman sails solo across the Atlantic, and NORAD saves Christmas.
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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.
December 15 is Bill of Rights Day, marking the 232nd anniversary of their ratification – and Scott is celebrating with his annual bell-ringing ceremony in Hillsborough, inviting everyone to the historic courthouse that day at noon for 232 seconds of consecutive bell ringing. He brings a few bells into the studio this week to demonstrate!
And Scott and Aaron also discuss other notable events this week in history, much of which revolves around flight: the Montgolfier brothers’ pioneering balloon flight in 1782, and of course the Wright brothers’ first flight in 1903.
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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 marks two significant anniversaries: the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, and the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. (Eleanor Roosevelt was a key figure in the drafting of that declaration – influenced not only by the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights, but also by the “Four Freedoms” idea championed by Franklin Roosevelt during his presidency.) Also this week: Topeka, Kansas is founded in 1854 by antislavery advocates, and a pioneering computer scientist is born.
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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 discusses a heroic (and unlucky) chimpanzee who went to space in 1961 – and coming the other way, a meteor that injured an Alabama woman in the 1950s. Also, Scott celebrates two trailblazing Black Americans: a 19th-century inventor who patented the biscuit cutter, and Rosa Parks, who took her seat (and her stand) in Montgomery this week in 1955.
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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 edition of History Matters is historic in its own right: our last installment in University Place, before the station moves to East Franklin Street. This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate a pair of inventors – the inventor of the shopping cart (among other things, sort of) and the inventor of the computer mouse. They also celebrate Ruby Bridges, who became a civil-rights hero at the age of six when she integrated a Louisiana elementary school.
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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 remember several historical trailblazers – including a pioneering female aviator and a towering early figure in Black history. That figure is Benjamin Banneker, who famously challenged Thomas Jefferson on slavery and reportedly helped save the design of Washington, DC. (We’ve since heard that the DC story is not actually true – but it would have been nice if it was.)
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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 arrives wearing a “Mr. Hillsborough” hat – sparking a conversation about his own personal backstory. Also: great figures in local and national history, including Daniel Boone (who may or may not have had a strong Hillsborough connection) and Marie Van Brittan Brown, who pioneered the first home video security system.
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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 brave women, including one who became the first person ever to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive – and an aviation pioneer who became the first person ever to survive a solo flight west across the Atlantic, against the headwinds. Also: a little-known landmark Supreme Court decision that advanced the cause of racial justice, and a group of North Carolina women who took a patriotic stand in the years before the Revolutionary War.
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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 revisits some of his favorite animal stories: the first-ever cat in space, and a carrier pigeon who saved 1,000 lives in World War II. Also: Thomas Edison invents the light bulb, an engineer solves an “impossible” task (through no fault of his own), and a French woman’s bedtime story becomes an international sensation.
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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 Bill of Rights: 12 amendments at first, submitted to the states for ratification on September 25, 1789. (North Carolina played a big role in making the Bill of Rights a reality: the state refused to ratify the Constitution until a Bill of Rights was added to it.) Also, Scott recalls various figures in America’s storied and contentious racial justice history: Hiram Revels, the first Black U.S. Senator, and James Meredith, who integrated the University of Mississippi almost a hundred years later.
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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 heroic figures who fought for justice and equality throughout American history – including 22 slaves who escaped to freedom during the Civil War, the first woman to be nominated for President, a lifelong advocate for civil rights and racial equality, and the first woman to climb Mount Everest (among others).
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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 dive deep into the U.S. Constitution, which was signed on September 17, 1787 – a bundle of compromises that many of us still don’t fully understand today. (And by “many of us,” we’re specifically referring to a lot of the folks who claim to be its strongest supporters. That’s political discourse for you.) Also this week, Francis Scott Key writes the poem that eventually becomes the American national anthem.
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Scott remembers the origin of the Peter Rabbit story; Aaron laments what other great works could have been produced, but never were.
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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 remember historical figures who fought against adversity to achieve their dreams of a better world. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is the most notable; this week marks the 60th anniversary of his “I Have A Dream” speech at the March on Washington in 1963. But there are many others – including Bayard Rustin, who organized that march; a union organizer who inspired an Oscar-winning film; the education advocate who pioneered the kindergarten movement; and an antifascist who became a celebrated freedom fighter during World War II.
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Scott and Aaron recall the passage of the 19th Amendment - and a little-known Revolutionary War battle in North Carolina.
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This week in history: natural preservationists, aviation pioneers, English settlers - and Aaron's plan for hang-gliding at University Place.
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This week, Scott and Aaron remember Richard Nixon's resignation over Watergate - and Jesse Owens' triumph at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
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Scott and Aaron talk about the weird connections that define history - like the wartime shortage that led to the invention of the pencil.
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This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate North Carolina's birthday - or at least one of the days that could claim that title.
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This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate Floretta "Doty" McCutcheon, who became a bowling legend after her husband signed her up for a league.
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This week: a Frenchman with an allergy invents a new technology rather than making a slight adjustment to the official French bread recipe.
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Scott and Aaron celebrate the Declaration of Independence, the Statue of Liberty, the Washington Monument, and two seminal civil-rights laws.
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This week, Scott and AJ, filling in for Aaron Keck, discuss which day Independence Day actually is, how North Carolina lit the match for our nations' birth, the origins of the LGBTQ movement and bicycles!
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This week, Scott and Aaron discuss notable civil rights events, from the enactment of Title IX to a trailblazing 1957 protest in Durham.
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This week, Scott and Aaron remember Supreme Court cases, Juneteenth in 1865, and the 1771 execution of six Regulators in Hillsborough.
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Scott and Aaron reflect on courageous figures in history, like suffragette Millicent Fawcett and teen civil rights activist Claudette Colvin.
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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 remember the pioneering architect who designed Duke’s West Campus – including Duke Chapel, dedicated this week in 1935. The Lincoln Memorial was also dedicated this week in history, slightly earlier in 1922. And just a couple years after those buildings opened their doors, an Oklahoma City grocer unveiled a new invention that would change retail forever: the shopping cart.
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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 tells the story of ordinary folks doing great things: a small-time inventor who became U.S. President, a marine biologist who launched a movement, a polio-stricken woman who became one of the 20th century’s most celebrated photographers, and a college student who broke several world records in a span of just 45 minutes.
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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 two crucial events in American history: the Battle of Alamance in 1771, a key incident in the run-up to the Revolutionary War, and the Supreme Court’s seminal 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, striking down widespread systems of school segregation.
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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 recounts the origins of Smokey the Bear – both the real-life bear and the real-life firefighter who inspired the character. Also, Scott and Aaron remember the author of “Why Johnny Can’t Read” and the pioneering woman who launched a cosmetics empire, and Aaron tries to do radio in the style of Dr. Seuss.
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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 mark International Workers’ Day – celebrated everywhere except the US, where it began. Also: famed labor leader Mother Jones, pioneering journalist Nellie Bly, civil rights organizer Septima Clark, and the kid whose college paper wound up sparking a movement that led to the 27th Amendment. (Aaron still thinks he probably deserved the bad grade he originally got, though.)
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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 Coretta Scott King, born this week in 1927 – plus the inventor of the all-purpose zipper, patented this week in 1913. Also, Scott tells the story of the surrender at Bennett Place in Durham, which helped end the Civil War as part of an extremely tumultuous month in April 1865 that also included Lincoln’s assassination and the pursuit of John Wilkes Booth.
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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 surrender at Bennett Place in Durham, which helped end the Civil War. Also, we celebrate a little-known hero who saved thousands of Jewish children during the Holocaust – plus the inventor of the outboard motor, who may or may not have been motivated by sheer laziness. Plus, Earth Day!
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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 reflect on civil rights leader Bayard Rustin, whose influence was far-reaching: not only did he organize the March on Washington in 1963, he’s also partly responsible for popularizing the peace symbol – which was first displayed in London, this week in 1958. Also: Scott and Aaron discuss the first cell phone, invented 50 years ago; Martin Luther King’s assassination in 1968, but also his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in 1963; and an inadvertent milestone in women’s rights, when a woman in Kansas becomes America’s first-ever female mayor after being jokingly nominated by a group of anti-feminist men.
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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 first pencil with an attached eraser, the famous yellow school bus (a North Carolina innovation!), the woman who wrote the words to “Happy Birthday,” and a Negro League pioneer who’s still the only female inductee into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Also, Scott discusses a local landmark: WCHL’s AM tower off East Franklin Street, which has a storied history of its own – not to mention some noteworthy measurements.
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This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate Mr. Rogers, a pioneering inventor, the man who broke the four-minute mile, and one very old tortoise.
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This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate great women of the 19th century – as well as the man who developed a very popular potato.
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This week, Scott focuses on one moment in history: the first meeting between Mary Todd Lincoln and dressmaker Elizabeth Keckley.
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This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate notable inventions, questionable heroes, and significant moments in the struggle for racial equality.
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This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate the inventors of the flat-bottomed paper bag and the Ferris Wheel, plus two long-journeying men (and horses).
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Scott and Aaron discuss Beulah Louise Henry, a Raleigh-based inventor known as “Lady Edison” – and the weird election of 1824.
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On this Groundhog Day, Scott and Aaron look back at recurring trends in history – and the heroic figures who keep emerging every time.
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Scott and Aaron celebrate the 70th birthday of WCHL – and the sixth birthday of our “History Matters” segment.
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Scott and Aaron look back at a wide variety of historical moments this week – some intense and violent, others triumphant. (And in some cases, both.)
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This week, Scott and Aaron honor Martin Luther King, Jr. – and several great women in history, including one pioneering early motorist.
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Scott and Aaron discuss great women in history – including Elizabeth Cotten, whose legendary music career began with a chance encounter.
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As New Year’s Day approaches, Scott and Aaron discuss the history of the calendar – and the economics behind “The 12 Days of Christmas.”
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Today is December 15, Bill of Rights Day! Scott previews his annual bell-ringing event, noon today at the historic Hillsborough courthouse.
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Scott and Aaron discuss Walt Disney, a computer pioneer, and Pearl Harbor – and look ahead to Bill of Rights Day next Thursday the 15th.
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Scott and Aaron discuss a space-traveling chimpanzee, a 19th-century inventor, and a major figure in American civil rights history.
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Scott and Aaron discuss great inventions and great figures in history - including children, like the 6-year-old who integrated a school.
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Scott and Aaron discuss the election of 1800, the 1898 Wilmington riot, and the first woman ever to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.
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This week in history: Susan B. Anthony defies the law to cast a vote, and 18th-century Wilmingtonians hold a mock funeral for Liberty.
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This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate pioneering actors, Revolutionary War heroes, and animals who made a big historical impact.
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Scott's having car trouble, but he joins by phone this week - ironically, with a story about a pioneering traveler from the 19th century.
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This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate history's disruptors - including a vacuum-cleaner innovator and a famed civil rights activist.
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In which we eventually get to this week in history, but not before Scott celebrates 97.9 The Hill's recent awards.
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This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate pioneering women, including a globetrotting cyclist and an 11-year-old who flew across the US.
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This week in history, we celebrate democracy and the writing of the Constitution - but the segue from one to the other might be awkward.
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Scott and Aaron discuss great figures who got their starts very late, and very early, in life. Also, a listener writes a poem about Scott.
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This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate civil rights leaders, endurance travelers, and an inventor who took an easy thing and made it easier.
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This week, Scott and Aaron look at historical eruptions: three volcanoes, but also some 'eruptive' movements and people making an impact.
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Remembering some development battles in NC gets Aaron and Scott thinking about what we might have thought if they'd gone differently.
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This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate great women in history, including a 19th-century suffragette and the author of "Dick and Jane."
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Scott celebrates great women of the last 100 years - including a lesser-known figure who helped launch the civil rights movement in the '50s.
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This week, Aaron and Scott (by phone) discuss a heroine who stopped a Revolutionary War battle - and postmaster general Ben Franklin.
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Scott and Aaron discuss a heroic scientific whistleblower, the uniting of the United States, and a great day for civil rights in New York.
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This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate great individuals of the 19th century, including an ice cream pioneer and a famed civil rights champion.
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Scott and Aaron discuss the Fourth of July - and also the two sisters who teamed up to write the lyrics and music to "Happy Birthday."
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Scott and Aaron discuss the Constitution in the aftermath of last week's Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.
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June 19 is Juneteenth, Father's Day, and (locally) Regulator Remembrance Day! Scott and Aaron cover all three - and get on their soapbox too.
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Scott and Aaron celebrate some famous historical firsts (not likely to be repeated) - plus poets, educators, and military heroes.
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Scott and Aaron celebrate Queen Elizabeth's 70th anniversary, a pair of pioneering women in history, and an inventor with really good PR.
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Scott and Aaron discuss the telegraph - and other inventions that helped make our world smaller than it had ever been before.
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Looking back on historical moments in North Carolina, Aaron laments our Boston-centric (and White-centric) approach to teaching U.S. history.
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Scott and Aaron remember a pair of pioneering aviators, Amelia Earhart and Jacqueline Cochran - and also the real-life Smokey Bear.
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Scott and Aaron celebrate great women in history - including pathbreaking 19th-century journalist Nellie Bly, who outdid Jules Verne.
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This week in history: a pair of scientists team up to invent the solar battery, and an ordinary housewife becomes a World War II super-spy.
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This week, Scott and Aaron reflect on the American Revolution - and the parallels between that war and today's conflict in Ukraine.
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This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate Anne Sullivan, America's first Black woman judge, and one local man who's making history now.
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Scott and Aaron talk about great figures with similar names: civil rights advocate Booker T. Washington and seed magnate Washington Burpee.
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Scott and Aaron remember great women in history - including the lyricist for "Happy Birthday To You" and the inventor of Liquid Paper.
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Scott and Aaron celebrate St. Patrick's Day and remember figures in history who stood up against injustice - and who improved our lives.
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This week, Scott and Aaron look back at Babe Ruth, Harriet Tubman, and other major figures who made a huge difference in their worlds.
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Scott and Aaron discuss Yellowstone National Park and America's first woman mayor - but ultimately it always comes back to U.S. Grant.
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Scott and Aaron look back at great figures in history - but also discuss this historic week in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Scott and Aaron discuss a trio of innovators, including the developer of the Ferris wheel - and the inventor of the flat-bottomed paper bag.
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This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate historic birthdays - including America's first Black woman doctor and an inventor dubbed "Lady Edison."
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As Black History Month begins, Scott and Aaron discuss major events that happened this week - both nationally and here in North Carolina.
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On National Disc Jockey Day (marking Alan Freed's death in 1965), Scott and Aaron discuss Constitutional amendments and Frisbees.
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On the one-year anniversary of the Capitol riot, Aaron and Scott wax philosophic on what keeps freedom alive. (Spoiler alert: it's us.)
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On a short edition of History Matters, Scott, Aaron and Victor discuss North Carolinians of history - some of whom are better than others.
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This week in history: the Wright Brothers take off, the 13th Amendment is ratified, and the Bill of Rights is added to the Constitution.
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Wednesday, December 15, is Bill of Rights Day! We chat about the Bill of Rights - and Scott's annual bell-ringing ceremony.
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This week (in response to a challenge from Aaron), Scott discusses three historical events with unexpected ties to our region.
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Taking Victor's challenge, Scott discusses historical events that may have seemed boring at the time, but ultimately made a huge impact.
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Scott and Aaron remember heroic women of history: a Civil War surgeon, a civil rights pioneer, and a Hollywood star turned inventor.
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Aaron and Scott discuss early Americans who spoke out against the British - and some more recent trailblazers from the 20th century.
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Scott, Aaron, and Victor discuss historical figures who never gave up - and some heroic animals who braved trails and saved lives.
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Joining by phone this time, Scott discusses the (progressive!) origins of Columbus Day - and how Lincoln's beard birthed a board-game tycoon.
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This week in history: two pioneers in the fight against scurvy, and a trailblazing female journalist who survived the Titanic - and then some.
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Scott, Aaron, and Victor discuss notable celebrity birthdays - and historical examples of people who achieved success after being rejected.
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This week we celebrate Annie Londonberry, who biked around the world in the 1890s, and 22 slaves who escaped in Wilmington in 1862.
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Scott and Aaron discuss the writing of the Constitution, the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner, and the infamous Dred Scott decision.
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Scott and Aaron discuss the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks - but also great historical acts of heroism in the face of injustice.
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This week, Scott and Aaron look back at developments in the field of education...and the concept of time. Plus, inspiration from Howard Zinn!
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It's the anniversary of the "I Have A Dream" speech, so Scott and Aaron look back on people who realized their own dreams of a better world.
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This week in history: the 19th Amendment is ratified, slaves arrive in Virginia, and the first commercial radio station starts broadcasting.
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This week we celebrate great women, from Julia Child to the progenitor of Monopoly to the NC woman who saved Jockey's Ridge.
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This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate three individuals who all earned fame for standing up against the Nazi regime in Europe.
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This week, Scott, Aaron and AJ remember Sarah Keys, a North Carolinian who became a civil rights pioneer this week in 1952.
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Scott, Aaron, and Victor celebrate great historical innovations, like ice cream, the paper bag, and - what else? Oh yes, the moon landing.
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Historical birthdays this week include a renowned archaeologist, P.T. Barnum, and a breakfast pioneer. Also, the 14th Amendment is ratified.
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Scott, Aaron, and Victor discuss NC's connection to America's independence - and the fascinating story of local music legend Elizabeth Cotten.
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Scott, Aaron, and Victor celebrate a marketing pioneer, the women who wrote "Happy Birthday," and a woman who biked around the world.
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Saturday, June 19, is Juneteenth - and it's also the 250th anniversary of an event in Hillsborough in 1771 that helped spark the American Revolution.
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Celebrating an educational pioneer, a famed explorer with a Hillsborough connection, and two heroes whose diaries stood up against Nazi Germany.
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Scott manages to make it on for an abbreviated edition of History Matters, despite having to deal with a broken-down car. Thursdays, am I right?
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On World Bee Day (yes, a real thing!), Scott, Aaron, and Victor celebrate political pioneers, presidential inventors, and civil rights champions in history.
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This week in history: the Battle of Alamance County heralds the coming American Revolution; an 8-year-old boy receives the first smallpox vaccine.
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This week in history: the 27th Amendment is ratified, a gay marriage ban is struck down, and "Esteemed Brain Tonic" is invented. (You know it as Coca-Cola.)
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Today is Earth Day! Scott, Aaron and Victor discuss great environmental moments in history, like the dedication of Grand Canyon National Park.
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Scott, Aaron, and Victor discuss a busy week in history - including the polio vaccine, Lincoln's assassination, and the Halifax Resolves in 1776.
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Scott, Aaron, and Victor discuss great historical inventions, including the match, the safety pin, and (most importantly of all) the Twinkie.
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This week, Scott looks back at famous April Fools jokes in history. Also: the first pencil with an eraser is invented, and the U.S. purchases Alaska.
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This week we recognize history’s pets: a 250-year-old giant tortoise, America’s first seeing-eye dog, and a homing pigeon who became a World War II hero.
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Friday is Let’s Laugh Day – so avoid laughing until then, people. Also: the escalator is patented, Typhoid Mary is identified, and NC recovers the Bill of Rights.
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Scott and Aaron remember great women, like Harriet Tubman and Mary Shelley – and also mark the one-year anniversary of the Covid pandemic.
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Scott and Aaron remember an influential furniture maker, an influential dress maker, and several big events that all happened in the city of Fayetteville.
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This week in history: the Supreme Court upholds the 19th Amendment, tennis is invented, and the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge sparks revolution.
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Calling in to avoid the winter storm, Scott looks back at explorers in history – including a couple whose ‘explorations’ weren’t especially geographical.
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Scott, Aaron, and Victor discuss great figures in African-American history, all born this week: Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs, plus Abraham Lincoln.
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This week in history: celebrating Frederick Douglass, Rosa Parks, and Elizabeth Blackwell (the first female doctor in the US), all born this week.
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Scott, Aaron, and Victor celebrate the 19th-century journalist Nellie Bly. Also: the 13th Amendment passes, and mini-golf is invented (maybe) in Pinehurst.
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Scott and Aaron celebrate Inauguration Day by looking back at other celebration-worthy events in history – including some significant inventions.
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For the first time, Scott’s list of events that occurred “this week in history” includes one that actually occurred this very year: Trump’s impeachment.
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We celebrate the first History Matters segment on “This Morning with Aaron Keck,” though it comes in the midst of yet another heavy, historic week.
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December 15 is Bill of Rights Day, and Scott’s brought props! Also: the Wright Brothers take their first flight, and the 13th Amendment goes into effect.
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