TODAY - June 26


NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS

ON: JUNE 26

New edition

TODAY’s LENGTH:

This day is here in Denmark 2 minutes shorter than June 21. Its length is 17 hours and 33 minutes – from 04.31 to 22.04.

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

TODAY’s NAME:

This day is called PELAGIUS’ DAY.  He was an Irish monk and theologist, who in particular is known for his denial of how Augustine was considering the original sin. Pelagius thinks that man always can choose between the good and the evil. That is why he rejects the idea of the original sin.

Another Pelagius was a young female dancer in the Middle Eastern ancient city of Antiochia. She lived for many years in Jerusalem disguised like a man.

Today is also the United Nations’ Day against abuse of and trade with drugs. And it is UN’s day for support to victims of torture.

In Belgium the day’s name is SAINT ANTHELME – after a French priest and monk, who lived in the years 1107-78.

TODAY’s EVENT:

1963: President Kennedy uses in Berlin the famous phrase:  Ich bin ein Berliner!   And 1992:  Denmark wins the European Championship in football.

TODAY’s QUESTION:

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

The Ardennes is a big mountain area covering big parts of Belgium and Luxembourg and also parts of France and Germany. The name comes from the Roman times: Arduenna Silva (silva meaning forest). They are covered by extensive forests, a rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges – reaching up to 694 m.

In the 18th and 19th century Belgian Wallonia and thereby the Ardennes was the second most important industrial area in the world after England.

The Ardennes have also become known because a part of them was taken from Germany after World War I and given to Belgium. About 70.000 German speaking Belgians live there today, German is an official language in Belgium, and they have their own local parliament.

And they also got known, because the Germans around Christmas 1944 tried to surprise the Allied forces by a new offensive through the Ardennes. But is failed.
Today the Ardennes is a very popular holiday area, not least for Dutch tourists.

QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:

Vessel of the Danaids – what is that? And what does it mean?

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


TODAY’s QUOTE & FAMOUS PEOPLE :

1.  Yesterday’s quote:

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

                This was said by the British author George Orwell.

2.  Today’s quote:

     Loyalty should never go so far that you vote against your conscience. If you do       so your credibility as a politician will diminish.

     Who among today’s persons has said that?

3.  Famous people born on this day:

    1824:  Lord Kelvin  ( died 1907 )
    1869:  Martin Andersen Nexø  ( died 1954 )
    1898:  Willy Messerschmidt  ( died 1979 )
    1908:  Salvador Allende  ( died 1973 )
    1933:  Claudio Abbado  (died 2014)

4.  Famous people died on this day:
                1810:  Joseph Michel Montgolfier  ( 70 years )
                1989:  Thorkil Kristensen  ( 90 år )

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

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