This Day in History

1942 Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi

1960 After long and protracted negotiations with the SA government, 60 passport applications for the African members of the original “King Kong” cast were approved for travel to London, UK

1991 Judge Ismael Mahomed became first black judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court of SA