TODAY - July 20


NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS
ON: JULY 20

New edition

TODAY’s LENGTH:

This day is here in Denmark 50 minutes shorter than June 21. Its length is 16 hours and 44 minutes – from 04.59 to 21.43.

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

TODAY’s NAME:

This day's name is ELIAS' DAY. There are two persons behind that name.

One is the Jewish prophet Elias - often seen as the most important of their prophets. According to the Old Testament he insists on praying for the true God despite of all the heathen cultures and temptations. When he feels that he is soon going to die he invites his waiter Elisa for a walk to Betel and Jericho. When they arrive at the Jordan River Elias takes off his coat, beats the water with it and the water splits in two. On the other side of the river a fire carriage with four fire horses arrives, and it takes Elias up to heaven.

The other Elias is the bishop of Jerusalem, who was driven away from the city by the emperor in Byzantium in the year 500 AD.

The day’s name in Belgium is SAINTE MARINA – after Marguerite of Antiocia. After she had rejected a proposal from the Roman governor Olibrius she was according to the legend swallowed by a monster in 305.

TODAY’s EVENTS:

1969: The crew on the spacecraft Apollo 11 makes the first manned landing on the moon.

1944: The assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler takes place under the leadership of a group of officers with Claus von  Stauffenberg. as the leader.

TODAY’s QUESTION:

Braille - what is that? What is the history?

This is a special reading and writing system used by blind and visually impaired persons. It consists of raised dots which you can "read" with your finger tips. 

Normally people can ready 125 words per minute. The fast ones can make 200 words. It was invented in the beginning of the 19th century by one of Napoleon's soldiers, Charles Barbier. It  should make it possible for soldiers to read messages during the night without using lights.   The blind Frenchman, Louis Braille, 1809-53, developed the military codes, when he was 11 years old. The systems carries his name, and it is still today the most used system used by blind people all over the world.

QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:

Voting rights for 16 year olds - in which countries? And 17 year olds?

47 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT EUROPE:

EUROPE AT WORK     www.europe-at-work.be

TODAY’s QUOTE & FAMOUS PEOPLE :

1.  Yesterday’s quote:

        God created man - and I made them equal.

             This was said by the American industrialist and gun-maker Samuel Colt .
              He thought that with one of his guns in hand all people were equal.

2.  Today’s quote:

        Let us give Europe a soal.

             Who among today's personalities has said that?

3.  Famous people born on this day:

1919:  Edmund Hillary  ( died 2008 )

1925:  Jacques Delors

1938:  Nathalie Wood  ( died 1981 )

1964:  Chris Cornell  ( died 2017 )

4.  Famous people died on this day:

       1922:  Andrei Markov  (  66 years )

            1951:  King Abdullah of Jordan  ( 69 years )

            1973:  Bruce Lee  ( 32 years )



Niels Jørgen Thøgersen

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

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