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Guglielmo Marconi got a patent for the radio
he was the worlds first person to get a patent for a system of wireless telegraphy -
formed the Wireless telegraph & Signal Company Limited
later renamed Wireless Telegraph Company Limited -
demonstred the wireless waves
demonstrated to the Italian Government that the wireless signals we sent over a distance of 12 miles. -
determined to prove that wireless waves were not affected by the curvature of the Earth
he used his system for transmitting the first wireless signals across the Atlantic between Poldhu, Cornwall, and St. John's, Newfoundland, a distance of 2100 miles. -
he transmitted the first complete message
he transmitted the first complete messages to Poldhu from stations at Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, and later Cape Cod, Massachusetts, -
Marconi died
Marconi died in Rome on July 20, 1937.