TODAY - August 13

 

NIELS’ SUMMER GREETINGS

ON: AUGUST 13

New edition

TODAY’s LENGTH:

This day is here in Denmark 2 hours and 21 minutes shorter than June 21. Its length is 15 hours and 13 minutes – from 05.43 to 20.57.

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

TODAY’s NAME:

This day is called HIPPOLYTUS' DAY.  He was a theologian from Asia Minor, probably the most important theologian in the Catholic church in the 3rd century. He was very critical of the bishops in Rome and in other places, and he was the first "alternative pope".  He was departed by the Romans during their persecution of the Christians and was in a work camp together with pope Victor I.  During their time in the camp they reconciled.

Hippolytus died in captivity in 235 AD.  He is a very valuable source about Christian habits, rituals and ways of life in the beginning of the 3rd century in Rome.

In Belgium the day is called almost the same: SAINTS PONTIEN ET HIPPOLYTE.  Pontien was a pope, and he died together with the priest Hippolyte when working as a prisoner in the mines in Sardinia.

 

TODAY’s EVENT:

1961:  The Berlin Wall is built by the communist regime in GDR. It lasted for 28 years.

TODAY’s QUESTION:

WiFi - what is that? And what does it mean?

It is a technology for wireless local area networking.  The name comes from Wireless Fidelity.  It was invented and put into use in 1998. Its technology is used all over the world, so that you can connect to it wherever you are.

An increasing number of cities in the world offer free WiFi access all over the city area, at least in the centre. And more and more hotels offer it too - also for free. Also som air companies such as Emirates, offer WiFi during the fligt.

The ideal situation seen from the consumers is, of course, that it would be free everywhere at all times.  A very active opponent of that is - not surprisingly - the telephone companies, who still earn a lot of money from offering internet access via fiber networks.

QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:

Wet behind the ears - what does that mean?  And what is the story behind it?

47 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT EUROPE:

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

 

TODAY’s QUOTE & FAMOUS PEOPLE :

 

1.  Yesterday’s quote:

        Books, the arteries of the mind!

             This is said by the German author Thomas Mann .

2.  Today’s quote:

        A man is only really married, when he understands all the words his wife does

             not say.

             Who among today's persons has said that?

3.  Famous people born on this day:

1812:  Georg Carstensen  ( died 1857 )

1899:  Alfred Hitchcock  ( died 1980 )

1926:  Fidel Castro   ( died 2016 )

1948:  Kathleen Battle

1970:  Lisa Nilsson

 

4.  Famous people died on this day:

 1910:  Florence Nightingale  ( 90 years )

1946:  H.G. Wells  ( 80 years )

Niels Jørgen Thøgersen

niels4europe@gmail.com  

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

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