TODAY - July 23
NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS
ON: JULY 23
New edition
TODAY’s LENGTH:
This day is here
in Denmark 1 hour shorter than June 21. Its length is 16 hours and 35 minutes –
from 05.04 to 21.39.
See more – also in
English – about where you are on: www.dagenslaengde.dk
TODAY’s NAME:
Today's name is APOLLINARIUS' DAY. He was a disciple of the apostle Peter, who
sent him to Ravenna. Here he became a bishop. During the later persecutions of
the Christians he was caught and whipped to death. According to the legend many
wonders happened at his grave.
Today is the
first of the so-called "Dog days", which run until August 23. Their
name comes from the "dog star" Sirius, which around now will appear
on the sky before the sun.
An old Danish weather
warning says that the Dog Days will end as they begin!
In Belgium the
day’s name is SAINTE BRIGITTE DE SUÈDE. She was a noble Swedish lady,
who lived in the years 1303-73. After the death of her husband she moved to
Rome and lived a very simple life. She
founded the Order of the Brigittines for nuns.
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TODAY’s EVENT:
1952: The European
Coal and Steel Community starts with six countries as members: France,
West Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. It is the beginning of the later European
Union.
TODAY’s QUESTION:
Bredevoort - what is that?
Bredevoort is a
small Dutch village with about 1.700 inhabitants. You find it in the very east
of Holland, just a few km from the German border. It is positioned between two
big cities: Arnhem (NL) to the west and
Münster (D) to the east.
The name of the
village means the Broad Fortress. It was a military centre of great importance
during the Spanish-Dutch wars 2-300 years ago. It was conquered by one or the
other part during the wars. More than a hundred years it was all over, when a
lightening hit the ammunition depot, and more than 2/3 of the village was immediately
destroyed.
During the last
40-50 years it was all decline for Bredevoort. All young people left. And no
activities were left there. This was the
background fot the initiative taken by a number of dynamic people. They decided
in 1993 to start a BOOK TOWN. It developed step by step. Today the village is
full of activity with about 30 permanent booksellers and 30-40.000 guests a
year. And it is now also the poetry centre for the whole of the Netherlands.
You also find a hotel and a couple of restaurants and cafes. Bredevoort is really worth a visit.
QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:
CSR - what
is that?
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47 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT EUROPE:
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TODAY’s QUOTE & FAMOUS PEOPLE :
1.
Yesterday’s quote:
Kisses are the
small change of love !
2.
Today’s quote:
An unpleasant
truth is better than a pleasant illusion !
Who among today’s persons has said that?
3. Famous
people born on this day:
4. Famous
people died on this day:
Niels Jørgen Thøgersen
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