Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, notable for developing wireless communications that are used to span the oceans. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1909. - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America | 1899 | 1920 |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1901/00/00 | Marconi begins building a wireless station 165 feet (50 m) from the shore. | Inventor | Marconi Wireless Station Site | Cape Cod National Seashore | Invention of Wireless Communications | ||
| 1901/12/12 | Guglielmo Marconi receives a telegram from England, the world's first transatlantic wireless signal | Inventor | Signal Hill National Historic Site of Canada | St John's | Invention of Wireless Communications | ||
| 1909/00/00 | Gugliemo Marconi donates radio equipment to Port Arthur College | Benefactor | Marconi Tower at Port Arthur College | Port Arthur, TX | |||
| 1912/04/14 | About 10 minutes before the Titanic hits the iceberg, the closest ship to Titanic, the SS Californian, turns off her Marconi Wireless receiver. | Service Owner | Sinking of the RMS Titanic | ||||
| 1912/04/15 | Titanic's Marconi Wireless operator, Jack Phillips, sends one of stricken liners last intelligible radio messages. Jack Phillips perished but Titanic's other radio operator, Harold Bride, survived. | Service Owner | Sinking of the RMS Titanic | ||||
| 1927/10/27 | Italian Senator Guglielmo Marconi represents Italy at the dedication of the Casa Italiana cultural center at Columbia University. | Dignitary | Casa Italina | New York City |
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