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 remembers the time in World War II when a wheat shortage briefly led the U.S. to ban sliced bread. Also: Martin Luther King, Jr. is born (though not originally with that name); two women make their careers by working with great apes; the famous international symbol of peace is created (originally a symbol of the push for nuclear disarmament); and Aaron pleads with people to make the arguments they actually believe, rather than whatever arguments conveniently support their position. (Pet peeve. Big time pet peeve.)

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