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.
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