This week in history, Jimmy Carter spots a UFO – which puts him in the same category as Aaron, as it happens. (Anything’s an “unidentified flying object” if it’s a flying object you can’t identify!) Also: Francis Scott Key is inspired to write the Star-Spangled Banner; Margaret Sanger popularizes contraception; the newly-written U.S. Constitution goes out to the states; and the Gregorian calendar goes into effect – rescuing countless husbands who’d forgotten their anniversaries.
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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