The Marconi Centennial:

"On January 18, 1903 the first public, two-way wireless communication between Europe and America occurred, and the dream of worldwide communication became reality.

With great anticipation, messages from President Theodore Roosevelt and King Edward VII of Great Britain were translated into international Morse Code at the American and English radio stations and were transmitted across the Atlantic Ocean. This event changed wireless communications forever; all modern and emerging communications technology is grounded in this event.

The man behind this achievement was Guglielmo Marconi, and the American transmission site was Marconi's South Wellfleet, Massachusetts station on Cape Cod. The former station site is now part of Cape Cod National Seashore. While the Atlantic has claimed most reminders of this important period in global communication history, the National Park Service uses the site to interpret Marconi's significant role in revolutionizing communication technology.

January 18, 2003 will mark the 100th anniversary of Marconi's successful, two-way wireless communication. The achievement will be commemorated locally, nationally and globally." 
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Here is a link to the full text

http://dev.communicom.net/marconi/index.html.
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There will be a weekend of events to mark the Marconi Centennial
including a message from President George W. Bush broadcasted around the
world. Here is a link to the Events Calendar

http://dev.communicom.net/marconi/calendar.html.
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Princess Mary Elettra Elena Anna Marconi discussed the work of
her father, inventor Guglielmo Marconi on National Public Radio Saturday.
Here is a link to hear the broadcast.

http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=923772.
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