Wireless milestones: Identify the decade of the first transatlantic radio broadcast. Full question: In which decade did the first successful transatlantic radio transmission occur (Marconi's signal across the Atlantic)? Choose the correct decade.
General Knowledge
Inventions
Difficulty: Easy
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Answer
Correct Answer: 1900s
Explanation
Given data
- Event: First transatlantic radio transmission/broadcast.
Reasoning Guglielmo Marconi received the first transatlantic radio signal (the Morse letter "S") in 1901, placing the milestone in the 1900s decade.
Verification/Context Demonstrations continued in the early 1900s, establishing long-distance wireless communication well before regular voice broadcasts became common.
Final Answer 1900s.