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 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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