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: 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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