On April 25, 1719, novelist Daniel Defoe published “Robinson Crusoe”. It is regarded as the first English novel.
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Today is the birthday of physicist, inventor, and entrepreneur Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937). He was known for his pioneering work on long-distance radio transmission as well as for the development of Marconi’s law and a radio telegraph system. He is often considered the inventor of radio.
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