TODAY - June 25


NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS

ON: JUNE 25

New edition

TODAY’s LENGTH:

This day is here in Denmark 1 minute shorter than June 21. Its length is 17 hours and 34 minutes – from 04.31 to 22.04.

See more – also in English – about where you are on:  www.dagenslaengde.dk

TODAY’s NAME:
Prosper became in the 5th century one of the most important persons in the Christian church. He was bishop in Reggio Emilia in northern Italy for 22 years, and he is still the This day is called PROSPER’s DAY.  He was born in the French city Aquintanus patron of this area.
Prosper died on June 25, 466 AC.
In Belgium the day’s name is:  SAINT ADELBERT – after a bishop in Prague.  His local name was Vojtech, and the Saint Vitus Cathedral in Prague is named after him. He lived in the years 956-97.  He was killed because of his missionary work in Poland.

TODAY’s EVENT:
1950:  The Korean war starts with North Korea´s attack on South Korea.

TODAY’s QUESTION:

Copenhagen ( a horse ) – what’s the history ?

This was the stallion, which the Duke of Wellington during the Battle of Waterloo – and also at other battles. It was born in 1808 and got its name to celebrate the British victory over Denmark in 1807 in Copenhagen (where they also took the Danish navy). It actually started taking part in horse races in England. It lived for 28 years and died in 1836. It has its own memorial in the estate of the Wellington family.

QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:

Ardennes – what is that? And what makes them special?


47 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT EUROPE:
EUROPE AT WORK     www.europe-at-work.be


TODAY’s QUOTE & FAMOUS PEOPLE :

1.  Yesterday’s quote:

    Your country needs YOU !

                This was the slogan of the British minister of defense, Lord Horatio Kitchener,
                When he in the beginning of World War I encouraged young men to join the
                British army and navy.

2.  Today’s quote:

    A revolutionary is just a determined person with a bomb in his pocket.

    Who among today’s persons has said that?

3.  Famous people born on this day:

    1852:  Antoni Gaudi  ( died 1926 )
    1900:  Lord Mountbatten  ( died 1979 )
    1903:  George Orwell  ( died 1950 )
    1909:  Marguerite Viby  ( died 2001 )
    1963:  George Michael  ( died 2016 )

4.  Famous people died on this day:

               1134:  King Niels  ( 70 years )
                1767:  Georg Philipp Telemann  ( 86 years )
                1997:  Jacques-Yves Cousteau  ( 87 years )


Niels Jørgen Thøgersen
niels4europe@gmail.com  
www.simplesite.com/kimbrer   + EUROPE AT WORK:   www.europe-at-work.be


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