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Birthday of Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen. Morse, an American scientist and inventor of the telegraph, dies. The master of Chinese painting Zhang Daqian died in Taipei. The Anglo-Armagh War begins.
1. The birth of Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen.
Hans Christian Andersen (April 2, 1805 ~ August 4, 1875), 19th-century Danish fairy tale writer, known as the "sun of world children's literature". Representative works include "Determined Tin Soldier", "Daughter of the Sea", "Thumbelina", "The Little Girl Who Sold Matches", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Emperor's New Clothes" and so on.
Andersen had a poor childhood. His father was a shoemaker and his mother was a servant. In his early years, he studied at charity schools and worked as an apprentice. Influenced by his father and folk oral literature, he loved literature from an early age.
He came to the capital Copenhagen alone at the age of 14. At the age of 17, he published the poem "Alphsor "Alphsol" and showed his talent. As a result, he was sent to the Slagelsey Grammar School and the Helsingo School for free by the Royal Art Theatre. It lasted 5 years.
In 1828, he entered the University of Copenhagen. After graduation, he has never worked and mainly survived on manuscript fees. In 1838, he received a writer's bonus - the state allocated him 200 yuan a year for non-public service.
Hans Christian Andersen's literary career began writing plays in 1822. After entering university, his creation became more and more mature. He has published travelogues and comedies of song and dance, and has published poetry books and poetry plays. In 1835, he published the novel "The Improvisational Poet", which won him international fame and is his masterpiece of adult literature. His book Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales has been translated into more than 150 languages and distributed and published around the world.
2. The death of Morse, an American scientist and inventor of the telegraph.
Samuel Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872), male, was a well-known American painter and father of the telegraph. Morse started his career as a painter.
In 1839 he published his first invention, the Morse code. His colleague invented the telegraph using "Morse" codes to transmit signals.
In 1844, Morse sent the first telegram in human history from Washington State to Baltimore. In the packed Capitol, Morse used his hands that trembled with excitement to manipulate the telegraph that he had worked hard to develop for more than ten years.
He died in New York on April 2, 1872.
In 1912, when the famous Titanic cruise ship was in distress on its maiden voyage, it used the new SOS (... --- ...) that had just passed and was ready to be used. Reported, the result was ignored. After the sinking of the Titanic, SOS (... --- ...) is widely accepted and used. As a result, the Titanic became the first ship in the world to issue SOS code.
3. The master of Chinese painting Zhang Daqian died in Taipei.
Zhang Daqian (May 10, 1899 - April 2, 1983), a native of Neijiang City, Sichuan Province, was originally named Zhengquan, later renamed Zhengquan, Ziji Yao, nicknamed Daqian, alias Daqian, Xiali Hong Kong, Zhai name Dafengtang, Chinese modern and modern Chinese painter, member of the Jingxing Society. Representative works "Lotus Flowers", "Love Lake", "Yangtze River Wanli Map", "Autumn Sunset Map" and so on.
In 1917, he traveled east to Japan to study printing and dyeing at the Kyoto Art College, and still studied painting. In 1919, he returned to Shanghai from Japan, and successively studied under the calligraphy painters Zeng Xi and Li Ruiqing, mainly focusing on Wei Bei, and also learning Xing, grass, seal, and subordinate bodies. While in Shanghai, he founded the Dafengtang School of Painting with his brother Zhang Shanxiao Kunzhong. In 1944, he held the "Zhang Daqian Copying Dunhuang Mural Exhibition", which attracted the attention of all walks of life in Chongqing.
After that, he held art exhibitions in Asia, Europe and the United States, and was known as "the most prestigious master of Chinese painting today".
In 1949, he created "Lotus Diagram". In 1969, he moved to San Francisco, USA, and lived in the United States for 10 years, which was the heyday of Zhang Daqian's creation. In 1974, he received an honorary doctorate of humanities degree from the University of California, Pacific.
In 1978, he moved to Taipei, but he was homesick in his later years, and died of a heart attack on April 2, 1983.
4. The Anglo-Armagh War broke out.
The Malvinas War, or simply the Falklands War, was a war between the United Kingdom and Argentina over sovereignty over the Falklands between April and June 1982.
In the early morning of April 2, 1982, more than 3,000 Afghan troops landed on the Falklands and forced the British troops on the island with superior forces. Galtieri immediately made a televised speech announcing the resumption of sovereignty over the Falklands and the neighboring South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.
The British then sent a naval task force across thousands of miles to counter the attack of the Argentine Navy and Air Force, and the Royal Marines joined the battle. After a fierce and arduous struggle, the British regained control of the Falklands, but Argentina still did not give up its claim to the Falklands.
In this Falklands War, the British Royal Navy had a very special service man. He was the second son of Queen Elizabeth II: Prince Andrew.
The participation in the war that year also shocked the royal family and nobles, and secretly ordered the naval commander to prevent the prince from entering the battlefield, but Prince Andrew still ignored the prevention of others, or boarded the Sea King helicopter on the Duke-class aircraft carrier to fight, and cleverly used a mirror to prevent the collision and bombing of Exocet anti-ship missiles.
Therefore, the officers and men of the Navy appreciated the prince's wit, so the British Royal Navy still circulated: "Prince Andrew's heroic deeds of fishing for 'Exocet (Exocet anti-ship missile)". It wasn't until Prince Andrew returned to England unharmed that everyone breathed a sigh of relief.