Fact #12
June 2, 2026The "Radio" Began as Wireless Texting
On June 2, 1896, 22-year-old Guglielmo Marconi filed a British patent for wireless telegraphy: sending radio signals without wires. It was not radio as we think of it today, with music and voices. It was closer to wireless Morse-code messaging - and it helped turn radio waves into a communication tool.
Mini Facts
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By age 21, Marconi had built a wireless transmitter that could send signals about 2,000 meters.
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In 1909, Marconi shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for contributions to wireless telegraphy.