TODAY - August 25

 

NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS

 

ON: AUGUST 25

 

New edition

 

TODAY’s LENGTH:

 

This day is here in Denmark 3 hours and 34 minutes shorter than June 21. Its length is 14 hours and 32 minutes – from 06.05 to 20.37

 

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

 

TODAY’s NAME:

 

This day's name is LOUIS' DAY.   It is called so after the French king Louis IX. He was king in the years 1226-70, and he had the biggest army in Europe at that time. In 1270 he leaves for a crusade to Tunesia. He wants to try to convince the local sultan to became a Christian. He is not successful. Instead he is killed on this day. He is 55 years old. And the pope makes him a saint in 1297.

 

The day’s name in Belgium is the same:   SAINT LOUIS.

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TODAY’s EVENT:

 

1830: The Belgian revolution against the Dutch starts and leads to Belgium's independence the following year.

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TODAY’s QUESTION:

 

Europe - what is the background of that name ?

As I want to make a small update to the reply to this question I will postpone it until tomorrow.  Instead the question today is the following:

 

Hangover - what is that?  And what is it called in other languages?

Most people know what a hangover is - and especially how it feels  :-(  You are only able to "hang over" the table, your chair, your work or your bed, because you had a dynamic meeting with alcohol the day before! Fortunately, nature is a master in chasing it away again. Sometimes quickly - sometimes you feel it takes ages :-(  Combined with a real adult hangover you sometime hear the victim ask:  Did I have good fun last night?!

The same phenomenon exists in all countries, I believe. And it has different names! In Denmark we call it Tømmermænd  (timber men). Why? Because it feels as a whole group of timber man are hammering and working hard inside your head.  In Jutland - the western part of Denmark - they say:  I have a blacksmith inside my forefront!  Not fun either.  The French call it:  Gueule de bois.  A throat of wood.  And the Germans talk about driving the Katen away. Katen is a tomcat.   So we all have our "fun".  Often with the promise to yourself:  Never, never again....    Until next time :-)_____________________________________________________________________

QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:

 

Europe - what is the background of that name ?

 

TODAY’s QUOTE & FAMOUS PEOPLE :

 

1.  Yesterday’s quote:

 

     In the libraries the immortal soals of the dead are talking!

 

                This is said by the Roman author and military leader Plinius the Elder  .

 

 

2.  Today’s quote:

 

     A politician and a diplomat understands better than anybody else how to make

     friends with people, they do not like.

 

     Who among today’s personalities has said that?

 

3.  Famous people born on this day:

 

     1530:  Ivan the Terrible ( IV )  ( died 1584 )     

     1912:  Erich Honecker  ( died 1994 )

     1918:  Leonard Bernstein  ( died 1990 )

     1930:  Sean Connery

 

4.  Famous people died on this day:

 

                 1270:  Louis IX  ( 55 years )

                 1776:  David Hume  ( 65 years )

                 1900:  Friedrich Nietzsche ( 56 years )

                 1908:  Henri Becquerel  ( 54 years )

 

Niels Jørgen Thøgersen

niels4europe@gmail.com  

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

 

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