Timeline March 1899

Events in March 1899 3

• 1899 Aspirin trademark registered Bayer registers its new painkiller Bayer chemist Felix Hoffmann had synthesized a stable form of acetylsalicylic acid the previous year, and the company registered "Aspirin" as a trademark on 6 March 1899. It went on to become one of the most widely used drugs in the world. Bayer began marketing it as a powder before later producing it in tablet form.
• 1899 – 1983 Gloria Swanson (1899-1983) Died 4 April 1983, aged 84 Gloria Swanson was an American actress who was one of the most prominent stars of silent film before achieving a late-career triumph as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard. Her career spanned over five decades in Hollywood. She remained an enduring icon of the silent film era.
• 1899 Marconi transmits across the English Channel An early milestone for wireless telegraphy Guglielmo Marconi sent a wireless telegraph signal across the English Channel, from Wimereux, France, to South Foreland Lighthouse in England, on 27 March 1899. It was the first international wireless transmission and demonstrated the practical potential of radio communication.