Irish-Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi ushered in a new era of global communications, sending the first radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean on this day in history, Dec. 12, 1901. The ...
PONTECCHIO MARCONI, Italy — The first time I saw Guglielmo Marconi’s childhood home, I felt as if I was entering hallowed ground. Villa Griffone is the childhood home of Guglielmo Marconi. After 30 ...
A lack of formal education, high-powered family connections and an unstoppable will to succeed helped Guglielmo Marconi to transmit the first radio signal across the Atlantic and launch the ...