Guglielmo Marconi makes the first transatlantic transmission between Poldhu, Cornwall, and St. John’s, Newfoundland. The antennas are 120 meters long and held aloft by kites. The three dots (Morse) of the letter “S” are transmitted; Marconi hears them but then asks for confirmation: “Can you hear anything, Mister Kemp?” From the other side of the Atlantic, confirmation comes: “Of course.”
