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In 1942, the iconic actress received a patent from the then-National Inventors Council for co-inventing a radio signaling device that changed radio frequencies to keep enemies from decoding messages. She figured the device could help in the World War II effort.
His speech on Jan. 8, 1790—the forerunner to what we now call the State of the Union Address—touched on issues including defense, foreign policy, the economy, education, naturalization, science, and literature. Elected America’s first president 11 months later, he oversaw the ratification of the Constitution and led the formation of the government.