On August 11th, 1942, Hedy Lemarr was awarded a patent for the guidance of torpedos. Her first marriage (of an eventual total of six) was with an Austrian arms merchant. He made her stop acting in Europe, and instead, she hosted her husband’s parties. These parties included Hitler and Mussolini. She also was included inContinue reading “August 11 “Beauty AND brains…in the news today””