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 Floretta “Doty” McCutcheon, who became a bowling legend after her husband signed her up for a league. Also: Emma Lazarus writes the famous “huddled masses” sonnet for the Statue of Liberty, and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the moon. (Very late at night in the Eastern time zone, as Aaron recently learned!)

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