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  NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS ON: JUNE 8 New 2021 edition TODAY’s LENGTH: This day is here in Belgium 8 hours and 24 minutes longer than December 21. Its length is 16 hours and 22 minutes – from 05.31 to 21.53. See more – also in English – about there you are on: www.dagenslaengde.dk TODAY’s NAME: Today’s name is MEDARDUS’ DAY . He was a bishop in St. Quentin ( today in France ) and in Tournai ( today in Belgium ).   When he died in the year 545 he gave away all his property. Medardus is the patron for French vineyards and for the brewers. Old Danish weather warning for this day:   As the weather is today it will continue to be for the coming eight weeks ! The name of the day is the same in Belgium:   SAINT MÉDARD .   He lived in the years 456-545.   TODAY’s EVENT: 1783:   20 % of Iceland ’s population is killed by a volcanic eruption. TODAY’s QUESTION: What is the special traffic service iCOYOTE? This is a ser...

  NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS ON: JUNE 4 New 2021 edition TODAY’s LENGTH: This day is here in Belgium 8 hours and 18 minutes longer than December 21. Its length is 16 hours and 16 minutes – from 05.33 to 21.49. See more – also in English – about where you are on:   www.dagenslaengde.dk TODAY’s NAME: Today’s name is OPTATUS’ DAY .   He was a bishop in Numidia in North Africa ( nowadays Algeria ) around year 400 AC. He was a very skilled theologian, who was fighting against false doctrines in the church. This day is also called the Day of Sacraments. And it is the United Nations’ international day for children, who have been victims of aggression and abuse. In Belgium the day’s name is BIENHEUREUSE ÈVE   - a Christian hermit who lived in Liège and died in 1266.   TODAY’s EVENT: 1783:   The brothers Montgolfier presented for the first time publicly their hot air balloon   ( now called a montgolfiere ).   TODAY’s ...

  NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS ON: MAY 28 New 2021 edition TODAY’s LENGTH: This day is here in Belgium 8 hours and 5 minutes longer than December 21. Its length is 16 hours and 3 minutes – from 05.39 to 21.42. See more – also in English – about where you are on:  www.dagenslaengde.dk TODAY’s NAME: This day is called VILHELM’S DAY .  It has its name from Vilhelm ( in French: Guillaume ), who was duke of Gascogne . He was one of Charlemagne ’s closest allies, and they were fighting together against the Moors in Spain . Later he became a very religious man, and he founded a monastery. According to the legend he even became so religious that he was able to walk into a red-hot oven with getting harmed. And when he died in 812 AC the bells in his monastery started ringing all by themselves. In Belgium the day is called SAINT GERMAIN – after a bishop in Paris. He lived in the years 496-576 and founded the monestary Saint Germain des Prés.   TODAY’s EVEN...

  NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS ON: MAY 27 New 2021 edition TODAY’s LENGTH: This day is here in Belgium 8 hours and 3 minutes longer than December 21. Its length is 16 hours and 1 minute1 – from 05.40 to 21.40. See more – also in English – about where you are on:   www.dagenslaengde.dk TODAY’s NAME: This day is called LUCIAN’s DAY . He was a Christian who together with others of the same faith was killed in year 200 AC in the town Tomis at the Black Sea.   Tomis was placed where the Romanian city of Constanta is today. In Belgium the day is called SAINT AUGUSTIN – after a bishop in North Africa ( Alegeria ), who lived in the years 354-430.   TODAY’s EVENT: 1703:   The city Saint Petersburg in Russia is founded by zar Peter the Great.   TODAY’s QUESTION: Feather in one’s cap – where does that expression come from? And what does it mean? Feathers have in history always played a very important symbolic role.   The anci...