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Hedy Lamarr is born.
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First long distance telephone service, between New York and San Francisco is demonstrated.
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Jeannette Rankin of Montana is the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Worldwide influenza epidemic strikes; by 1920, nearly 20 million are dead. In U.S., 500,000 perish.
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Armistice ending World War I is signed.
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Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, granting women the right to vote.
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Tennessee passes a law against the teaching of evolution in public schools.
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Hedy dropped pot of school to become an actress.
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The first film she was in is called Money on the street.
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Lamarr gained name recogmition as an actress for her role in the controversial fil, Ecstasy.
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Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
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Franklin Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd president.
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US declares war on Japan.
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Hedy along with her friend George Antheil invented a frequency hopping spread device.
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She got a patent for a secret wartime communication system that could keep the enemy from interfering with a ship's torpedoes and gave it to the US military to help fight the Nazis.
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United nations is established.
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Lamarr's film career began to decline.
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Lamarr completed the naturalization process and became a U.S. citizen.
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Her last film was The Female Animal, with Jane Powell.
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She married her 6th husband Lewis j. Boies.
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Hedy Lamarr passes away.
