It was 1913, the year of the Binghamton Clothing Company Fire, and the year after the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and the sinking of the Titanic. Several major disasters that had left the region and the ...
On a windswept piece of Newfoundland 100 years ago this week, Guglielmo Marconi, bundled up against the cold and straining to hear into his receiver, became the grandfather of the cell phone. Few ...
Guglielmo Marconi was born in Italy in 1874 to a rather wealthy Italian father and Irish mother. He was educated privately and then went to the Livorno Technical Institute. While there, he read an ...
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WBNG) -- One famous tower in Binghamton was the center of attention for International Marconi Day. The day honors the radio’s Inventor, Guglielmo Marconi. The local celebration took ...
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