TODAY - August 21

 

NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS

ON: AUGUST 21

New edition

TODAY’s LENGTH:

This day is here in Denmark 2 hours and 56 minutes shorter than June 21. Its length is 14 hours and 39 minutes – from 05.59 to 20.38.

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

TODAY’s NAME:

This day is called SOLOMON's DAY.  It comes from king Solomon, who was king of Israel in the period 965-926 BC. According to the Bible he was son of David.

And the day is also one of the 32 so-called Tycho Brahes Days. They are days which according to calculations by the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe  in the 17th century were particular unfortunate.  What old nonsense :-(

In Belgium the day’s name is SAINT PIE X.  He was pope in the years 1903-14.  He was Italian and lived in the period 1835-1914.

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TODAY’s EVENT:

1942: The Battle of Stalingrad  between German and Russian troops start. _________________________________________________________________________

TODAY’s QUESTION:

Venus from Milo - what is the story ?

This a very famous statue from ancient Greece around 100 BC. It was found by a local peasant of the small 160 sp.km Greek island of Milos north of Crete in the Aegean Sea. It happened in 1820 AD. It is more than two meters tall and is a statue of the Greek goddess Aphrodite - the goddess for love and beauty. Her arms are missing. The peasant sold it to the French ambassador to Greece. But as he took a long time to pick it up - and pay - the peasant sold it to the Sultan in Constantinople. Just as the Sultan's people were about to pick up the statue the ambassador arrived and insisted that the deal with him was still valid.  That is why the famous statue is today on the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Why is it then called Venus from Milo?  Because the Romans - who took over power in ancient Greece - calls Aphrodite Venus.  And why Milo?  Because the French and Italian name for Milos is -  Milo.

Venus from Milo is known to be one of the most elegant and attractive statues ever made. That is also why many women want to look like Aphrodite/Venus - same look, same measures, same attraction :-)

The Roman Venus has also given its name to the planet Venus - the sister planet to the Earth, closer to the sun and therefore only needs 225 days for a tour around the sun. It is the brightest planet/star on the sky at night.  And it is often the favourite "star" for many women.  

Everything about Venus / Aphrodite is lovely interconnected :-) 

QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:

Dunkirk - what is the story ?

 

47 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT EUROPE:

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

 

TODAY’s QUOTE & FAMOUS PEOPLE :

1.  Yesterday’s quote:

             The party is the historical instrument through which classes become

             conscious of their class.

             This was said by the former Soviet revolutionary leader Lev Trotskij .

2.  Today’s quote:

Bentley is the fastest lorry in the world!

Who among today’s persons has said that?

3.  Famous people born on this day:         

1805:  August Bournonville  ( died 1879 )

1904:  Count Basie  ( died 1984 )

1914:  Karl Krøyer  ( died 1995 )

1923:  Shimon Peres  ( died 2014 )

1938:  Kenny Rogers

1951:  Rasmus Lyberth

 

4.  Famous people died on this day:

1943:  Henrik Pontoppidan  ( 76 years )

1947:  Ettore Bugatti  ( 66 years )

2005:  Robert A. Moog  ( 71 years )

 

Niels Jørgen Thøgersen

niels4europe@gmail.com  

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

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