TODAY - July 21


NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS
ON: JULY 21

New edition
TODAY’s LENGTH:

This day is here in Denmark 54 minutes shorter than June 21. Its length is 16 hours and 41 minutes – from 05.01 to 21.42.

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

TODAY’s NAME:

This day's name is EVERUS' DAY. He was a saint.  But we do not know more about him.

The Catholics today celebrate Laurentius of Brindisi - one of the pious church fathers.

In Belgium the day is called FÊTE NATIONALE – the National Day.  See below.

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TODAY’s EVENT:

1831:  Belgium becomes an independent country ( from the Netherlands ) and makes a democratic constitution. Denmark more or less copies that constitution 18 years later.  Today is Belgium's national day.

It was in 1890 that the Belgian parliament decided that July 21 should be the National Day. Why? Because it was on that day in 1831 that Belgium’s first king, Leopold I, was crowned.

Until 1890 the National Day was September 27. The reason was that this was the day in 1830, when the Belgians threw out the last Dutch troops and started the wayto independence.  Still today, the French-speaking Community celebrate September 27 as their special day.
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TODAY’s QUESTION:

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

A number of countries has given 16 year old people voting rights: Austria, Hungary (though only if they are married), Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Cuba.
In some German Länder - Brandenburg, Hamburg and Bremen - the 16 year olds can vote in regional elections. And in Scotland the 16 year old are about to get voting right.

In some countries the age for voting right is 17 years:  Indonesia, Ethiopia, East Timor and North Korea.

What is normally the reason for giving voting rights to 16 year old people?  Because they today know more about society than young people in the old days. And because they for logical reasons will have to live the longest time with the society created by politicians.  Historically the age for voting rights has been gradually lowered step by step.

At the other end of the scale of age only one country has a maximum age for voting: In the Vatican cardinals may only vote until they are 80 years of age.  Perhaps a good idea for other countries as well :-)

QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:

Bredevoort - what is that?

47 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT EUROPE:

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

TODAY’s QUOTE & FAMOUS PEOPLE :

1.  Yesterday’s quote:

             Let us give Europe a soal.

             This was said by the former president of the European Commission
             Jacques Delors.

2.  Today’s quote:

America is a country, where every man has his freedom to do, what his wife wants him to do.

Who among today’s persons has said that?

3.  Famous people born on this day:      
   
1893:  Hans Fallada  ( died 1947 )

1899:  Ernest Hemingway  ( died 1961 )

1920:  Isaac Stern  ( died 2001 )

1948:  Cat Stevens

4.  Famous people died on this day:

1944:  Claus von Stauffenberg  (  37 years )

1998:  Alan B. Shepard  ( 75 years )


Niels Jørgen Thøgersen

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

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