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Sunday March 26 will be a special anniversary: 87 years ago Guglielmo Marconi, aboard the Elettra ship anchored in thePortofino bay, switched on the lights of the Sydney Expo!

I’ve been in Portofino a million times but I never noticed the memorial plaque of that day on the side wall of the St. George Church.portofino-8 portofino-5 Guglielmo Marconi Portofino Esposizione Universale Sidneyportofino-7

It was 1930 and 22,000 kilometers away, just “pushing a button” (by radio signal) Marconi turned on the lights of the town hall of Sidney.
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The Elettra ship from where Marconi made the experiment in 1930

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Another amazing thing? There is an original video of that day:

On Sunday, at least for a moment, let’s try to remember how “miraculous” technology is and all the people who made it possible!