Marconi signals across the Atlantic
Guglielmo Marconi's system received the letter S in Morse code at St John's, Newfoundland — the first transatlantic wireless transmission.
Why it matters
Communication cut loose from wires entirely. Radio became the twentieth century's medium — ships at sea, broadcasting, radar, and eventually every wireless device now surrounding you.
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- Encyclopædia Britannica — Guglielmo Marconi