TODAY - July 16


NIELS’ SUMMER GREETINGS
ON: JULY 16

New edition

TODAY’s LENGTH:

This day is here in Denmark 38 minutes shorter than June 21. Its length is 16 hours and 56 minutes – from 04.56 to 21.49.

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

TODAY’s NAME:

Today is called SUSANNE's DAY. It refers to two different girls with the same name. One of them was according to the Old Testament married to Joachim of Babylon. She was accused for infidelity by two judges, who had spied on her during her bath. After the bath she rejected their overtures. She was saved by the prophet Daniel, who intelligently disclosed the lie stories presented by the two judges.

The second Susanne came from Rome. She was killed in 293 AC, because she refused to give gifts to Roman gods.

The day’s name in Belgium is SAINTS MONULPHE ET GONDULPHE. They were bishops in Tongeren and in Maastricht.  The first died in 599 and the second in 607. The are important personalities in the Catholic church, and they are both buried in the cathedral in Maastricht in The Netherlands.

TODAY’s EVENT:

1903: Denmark experiences its coldest temperature in the month of July:  minus 0,9 degrees near Silkeborg.
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TODAY’s QUESTION:

What is Fata Morgana ? And where does it come from ?

This is an Italian expression. In its original form it was: feen morgana, and it referred to a preternatural creature, which was believed to create mirages. She was also the sister of King Arthur of the Round table.

The meaning of the expression today is still mirage or optical illusions.

QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:

Albatros - what is that ?
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TODAY’s QUOTE & FAMOUS PEOPLE :

1.  Yesterday’s quote:

        All countries want peace, but different sorts of peace.

            This was once by the former Swedish prime minister Carl Bildt.

2.  Today’s quote:

        What is called the conscience of the nation has no room in the breast
             of the author. If it had his breast would be a huge apparatus.

             Who among today's persons has said that?

3.  Famous people born on this day:

1872:  Roald Amundsen  ( died 1928 )

1911:  Ginger Rogers  ( died 1995 )

1964:  Miguel Endurain

1967:  Will Ferrell

4.  5.Famous people died on this day:

1985:  Heinrich Böll  ( 67 years )

1989:  Herbert von Karajan ( 81 years )

1999:  John F. Kennedy, Jr. ( 38 years )


Niels Jørgen Thøgersen

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

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