On February 200 1 April1day, an American reconnaissance plane crashed into and destroyed a China military plane over the South China Sea, and Wang Wei, an outstanding pilot in Huzhou, Zhejiang, died heroically. At 8: 55 on 200 1 April1day, the US Navy EP-3 reconnaissance plane collided with the J-8II fighter jet driven by Wang Wei over the exclusive economic zone of China, 70 nautical miles southeast of Hainan Island, China, and the J-8II fighter jet crashed. In the plane collision incident between China and the United States, Wang Wei parachuted and his whereabouts were unknown, and he was later confirmed dead.
3. 1872 On April 2nd, American scientist and inventor of the telegraph died (born in 179 1). Samuel Finley Breese Morse (179 1 April 27th-1872 April 2nd), male, is a famous American painter and the father of telegraph. 179 1 morse was born in Charleston, Massachusetts, USA on April 27th, and started as a painter.
1839, he released his first invention-morse code. The telegraph invented by his colleague uses Morse code to transmit signals. 1844, Morse sent the first telegram in human history from Washington to Baltimore. In the packed Capitol, Morse used his trembling hands to control the telegraph he had worked hard to develop for more than ten years. 1872 died in new york.
4. 1975 On April 2nd, Comrade Dong (1885- 1975), one of the founders of China * *, died in Beijing at the age of 90. Dong is one of the founders of China, a great Marxist, an outstanding proletarian revolutionary, a founding father of People's Republic of China (PRC), an outstanding party and country, and the founder of China's socialist legal system. He made outstanding contributions to the liberation and socialist construction of the people of China, and made immortal contributions.
5.1On April 2, 983, Zhang Daqian, a master of Chinese painting, died in Taipei at the age of 84. He made friends with Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong, Huang, Lang Jingshan and Spanish abstract painter Picasso.
6.1On April 4, 968, Martin Luther King, a famous leader of the American black movement and a Christian priest who advocated the theory of non-violence, was assassinated.
7. 1974 On April 4th, our modern physicist and writer Ding Xilin (original name Ding, original name Fu, native of Taixing, Jiangsu, 1893 ~ 1974) died. Ding Xilin studied the "four-color map" and established the first geomagnetic station in China.
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On the morning of April 1 April, 20065438, Wang Wei was ordered to follow and monitor the US military reconnaissance plane illegally entering China's airspace. The U.S. reconnaissance plane not only ignored the warnings repeatedly issued by the Chinese side, but also made a sudden U-turn during the flight, crashing the China fighter plane and causing the pilot Wang Wei to disappear. Later, it was discovered that Wang Wei parachuted into the sea after his plane was crashed by a US plane, and he died gloriously at the age of 33.
After Wang Wei fell into the sea, the navy, local relevant units and the people overcame the difficulties of harsh sea environment and complex climate, and fought for 14 days and nights and launched a large-scale search and rescue operation. People of all ethnic groups in China expressed their concern for the safety of Comrade Wang Wei in various ways, and strongly condemned the hegemonic behavior of the United States that violated China's sovereignty, which reflected the great cohesion of the Chinese nation.
In carrying out this task, Wang Wei was resolute, calm, brave and tenacious, and wrote a magnificent triumph of patriotism and revolutionary heroism with his life.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia: Wang Wei China Net: A historical celebrity who died in April.