![On this day in history, December 12, 1901, Guglielmo Marconi sends first transatlantic radio message | Fox News On this day in history, December 12, 1901, Guglielmo Marconi sends first transatlantic radio message | Fox News](https://cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/694940094001/84b581da-0b69-4b7a-aac3-b59ec39ea1ef/76ebed08-a808-4c98-9edd-e2c1f3d1b0e4/1280x720/match/image.jpg)
On this day in history, December 12, 1901, Guglielmo Marconi sends first transatlantic radio message | Fox News
The World Almanac - #OTD in 1901, the first transatlantic radio transmission was received by inventor Guglielmo Marconi in Newfoundland. #WorldAlmanac | Facebook
![A History of Vintage Electronics: The Guglielmo Marconi Collection and the History of Wireless Communications A History of Vintage Electronics: The Guglielmo Marconi Collection and the History of Wireless Communications](https://images.interestingengineering.com/img/iea/QlO7X57eG7/wireless-receiver.jpg)
A History of Vintage Electronics: The Guglielmo Marconi Collection and the History of Wireless Communications
Guglielmo Marconi is credited with the first radio transmission in 1896 but he didn't transmit voice just a signal. Radio voice came along in the early 1900s. The actual credit for the
![Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937). Italian physicist. He managed the first radio transmission between France and Britain. Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909. Engraving at "L'Illustration", 1897 Stock Photo - Alamy Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937). Italian physicist. He managed the first radio transmission between France and Britain. Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909. Engraving at "L'Illustration", 1897 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/P50TE4/guglielmo-marconi-1874-1937-italian-physicist-he-managed-the-first-radio-transmission-between-france-and-britain-nobel-prize-in-physics-in-1909-engraving-at-lillustration-1897-P50TE4.jpg)