The Almanac

December 12

One thing science and human progress accomplished on this date.

  1. 1901

    The first radio signal crosses the Atlantic

    Listening at a receiver in Newfoundland, Guglielmo Marconi picked out the faint Morse code letter S sent by radio from Cornwall, more than two thousand miles away. Many had believed radio waves could not follow the curve of the Earth. His transatlantic signal opened the age of long-distance wireless.

    Source: Wikipedia

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