TODAY - September 20

 

NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS

ON: SEPTEMBER 20

New edition

TODAY’s LENGTH:

Today is in Belgium 4hours and 10 minutes shorter than June 21. Its length is 12 hours and 20 minutes – from 07.26 to 19.46.

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

TODAY’s NAME:

This day’s name is TOBIA’s DAY. He was a young, religious Jewish man, who lived around 200 before Christ.  Once he went on a long and very dangerous trip to Media ( an ancient country in present day Kurdistan ) to pick up money for his blind father Tobit.  The legend tells that he on the trip was protected by the angel Raphael.

In Belgium the day’s name is SAINT DAVY.  It has its name from an English monk, who refused to accept king Henry VIII as the supreme leader of the church.  That is why he together with eight other monks were killed.

 

TODAY’s EVENT:

1946: The first film festival in Cannes takes place.

 

TODAY’s QUESTION:

Seven Sleepers' Day   --     what is the history behind that expression?

June 27 is called SEVEN SLEEPERS’ DAY.  It comes from the legend about seven Christian brothers, who were hiding in a mountain cave to get away from the soldiers of the Roman emperor Decius. When they were discovered the soldier blocked the entrance to the cave to make sure that the brothers would starve to death.  When some shepherds two hundred years later ( 447 AC) found the seven brothers they woke up again due to the fresh air. After that they could happily die (again), when they found out that Christianity in the meantime had won.

Old Danish weather warnings for this day say, that rain on seven sleepers’ day will bring a wet harvest – and sunshine on this day is a warning of sunshine during the coming weeks.

 

QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:

Hand on your heart  -  what is the history behind this act? And what is it?

EUROPE - DO YOU KNOW ?

The European question for today:

EUROJUST  -  what is that?  And why is also this part of EU very important?

Serious crimes do not respect borders. Therefore, it is necessary to fight them also across borders.  EU created in 2002 a special agency called EUROJUST to coordinate this fight between the member states. Its headquarters is in The Hague in The Netherlands - like that of EUROPOL.  It treats about 2.300 cases a year. It organises annually 250 coordination meetings between the member states, and it has 10 coordination centres around the EU.  It has a staff of 240 in its headquarters. And it also works closely with non-EU countries when needed.

The European question for tomorrow:

What is the European Arrest Warrent?  And how does it work?

47 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT EUROPE:

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

 

TODAY’s QUOTE & FAMOUS PEOPLE :

1.  Yesterday’s quote:

        The host says to his guest at the end of the evening:  May I help you taking

             your coat on?  And the guest replies:  No thanks. It is already complicated

             enough!

             This was once said by the Danish humourist Storm P.  (Robert Storm Petersen)

 

2.  Today’s quote:

        Emancipation would be more credible, if it were not often promoted by women

             with no luck in love.

             Who among today's personalities has said that?

3.  Famous people born on this day:

1851:  Henry Festing Jones  ( died 1928 )

1918:  Bjørn Wiinblad  ( died 2006 )

1934:  Sophia Loren

1937:  Monica Zetterlund  ( died 2005 )

 

4.  Famous people died on this day:

        1863:  Jacob Grimm  ( 78 years )

             1957:  Jean Sibelius  ( 92 years )

             2005:  Simon Wiesenthal  ( 97 years )

 

Niels Jørgen Thøgersen

niels4europe@gmail.com  

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

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