First transatlantic radio signal received

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11 December, 1901

The first transatlantic radio signal was received by Guglielmo Marconi on 11th December 1901. The message was the letter “S” (three-dots) in Morse code and received by Marconi at Signal Hill in St. John’s, Newfoundland.