On June 2, 1896, Guglielmo Marconi applied for a patent on a radio wave base communication system.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Guglielmo Marconi

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Radio work

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Transmission breakthrough

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During this time Marconi decided he should patent his system, which he applied for on 2 June 1896, British Patent number 12039 titled "Improvements in Transmitting Electrical impulses and Signals, and in Apparatus therefor", which would become the first patent for a radio wave base communication system.

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Eventually, we ended up with this:

#MexicanRadio #WallOfVoodoo #Vevo
Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio (Official Video)
11,547,127 views•Apr 23, 2010

WallOfVoodooVEVO
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Music video by Wall Of Voodoo performing Mexican Radio.

#MexicanRadio #WallOfVoodoo #Vevo

And this:

Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Radio, Radio
491,765 views•Sep 4, 2015

Elvis Costello
33.6K subscribers

The new deluxe album ‘Look Now’ out now, order here: https://ElvisCostello.lnk.to/LookNow

Explore more music from Elvis Costello: https://lnk.to/wWTFS

And this:

Make a circuit with me - The Polecats
34,872 views•Mar 28, 2011

NewWaveAlternative
11.2K subscribers

Make a circuit with me - The Polecats

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. By the time the Titanic set sail,

ocean-going ships all had "Marconi shacks" on board, which handled communication with other ships and ship-to-shore.

When that tragic boat sank, Marconi was in New York City, and went down to the dock where the survivors arrived on the Carpathia. Marconi himself.

I know this has nothing to do with music, but I think it's one of the most fascinating factoids ever.