Dessau, of course was a pseudonym, being also the name of a German city first mentioned in 1213.
EinarDessau, pidgin german for The First Dessau, was most certainly a secret supporter of the Teutonic knights who were the refuge (with the Knights of Malta) of many of the Templars who fled persecution from hostile France into friendlier places like Spain and Germany.
Dessau, along with Malta, was one of the locations where the remains of Jacques de Molay was alledged to have been taken.
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Einar engages someone in conversation and awaits the round of drinks to be bought.
In one pub, known as the Glambar, there is even a portrait on the wall of Björk and Einar in a friendly clinch, which Einar is genuinely surprised to see.
Einar takes up the story: "The French Minister of Culture, Jacques Lang, had asked to see some Icelandic music, so we were doing a gig for him and the Icelandic President.
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He is also preparing for a television appearance, in which he will make a speech demanding the return of the Icelandic Parliament to its original location.
By now, Einar is starting to come out of his shell.
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On March 18th, 1837, the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, Grover Cleveland, was born in Caldwell, New Jersey.
On this day in 1909, EinarDessau of Denmark used a shortwave transmitter to converse with a government radio post about six miles away in what's believed to have been the first broadcast by a "ham" operator.
On this day in 1922, Mohandas K. Gandhi was sentenced in India to six years' imprisonment for civil disobedience.
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On March 18, 1837, the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, Grover Cleveland, was born in Caldwell, N.J. On this date:
In 1909, EinarDessau of Denmark used a shortwave transmitter to converse with a government radio post about six miles away in what's believed to have been the first broadcast by a "ham" operator.
In 1922, Mohandas K. Gandhi was sentenced in India to six years in prison for civil disobedience.
December 11, 1901 ~ Guglielmo Marconi sent the first transatlantic radio signal from Cornwall to Newfoundland.
March 18, 1909 ~ EinarDessau of Denmark used a shortwave transmitter to converse with a government radio post about six miles away in what's believed to have been the first broadcast by a ham radio operator.
August 11, 1909 ~ The liner "Arapahoe" was the first US ship to use the radio distress call "SOS." The ship, finding itself in trouble off the coast of North Carolina, sent out an SOS signal that was received by a nearby ship.
Canadian physicist Reginald A. Fessenden became the first person to broadcast a music program over radio, from Brant Rock, Mass.
March 18, 1909 - EinarDessau of Denmark used a shortwave transmitter to talk with a government radio post -- in what is believed to have been the first broadcast by a 'ham' operator.
November 2, 1920 - The first radio broadcast of presidential election returns was done by KDKA of Pittsburgh.
Feb 23rd 1927, President Coolidge signed a bill creating the Federal Radio Commission.
Mar 18 1909, EinarDessau of Denmark used a short-wave transmitter in what's believed to have been the first broadcast by a "ham" operator.
April 7th 1927, an audience in New York saw an image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover in the first successful long-distance demonstration of television.
Wireless telepathy patented by Marconi Jun 2 1896 - Uranus Decl/Phact
Mar 18 1909, EinarDessau of Denmark used a short-wave transmitter to converse with a government radio post about six miles away in what's believed to have been the first broadcast by a "ham" operator.
May 14th 1973, the United States launched "Skylab One," its first manned space station.
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EinarDessau of Denmark is regarded as the first ham radio operator with his transmission using a shortwave radio set to communicate with a government radio post six miles away on 18 March 1909.
However, very little information is available on EinarDessau or this event, and web searches result almost exclusively in a short blurb noting this event as a "day in history."
