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 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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