TODAY - September 9
NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS
ON: SEPTEMBER 9
New edition
TODAY’s LENGTH:
This day is here
in Denmark 4 hours and 21 minutes shorter than June 21. Its length is 13 hours
and 13 minutes – from 06.36 to 19.49.
See more – also in
English – about where you are on: www.dagenslaengde.dk
TODAY’s NAME:
Today is called GORGONIUS’ DAY. He was employed at the imperial court in Rome in the beginning of the 4th century. But as a Christian he was persecuted by emperor Diocletian and was killed. At first he was severely wounded and then the soldiers poured salt and vinegar. After that he was burnt on the bonfire. This have him later the status as a martyre.
Gorgonius is the patron of the notaries.
In Belgium the day’s name is
SAINT OMER – after a bishop in Thérouanne in Flanders in France. He was
born in Normandy and died in 667.
TODAY’s EVENT:
1850: California becomes the 31st
state in the USA.
TODAY’s QUESTION:
Plimsoller - what is that? And where does the word come from?
This name comes from a British politician Samuel Plimsoll (1824-98). He was fighting very actively against ships, which were not seaworthy (so-called “coffin ships”). They were sailing, often very much overloaded, because the owners wanted them to be wrecked. In this way they could cash in the insurance money. Plimsoll wanted to save British seamen from drowning due to these circumstances. In 1875 he succeeded to have a law about it passed in the British parliament. This law made such ships unlawful. One of the instruments which was introduced was so-called load lines on the outside of any ship, so that you could see, if the the load was heavier than permitted. They are still in use.
In other words: the name a Plimsoller means a ship, which is not seaworthy. It’s a “coffin ship”.
QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:
Murphy's law - what is the history behind that expression? And what
is it?
EUROPE
- DO YOU KNOW ?
Yesterday's
European question was:
When do the next elections to the European Parliament take place?
2022 ? 2023 ? Or
2024 ?
The correct answer is 2024. . It will
be the 10th time that these direct elections to the European Parliament take place
after they were introduced in 1979. The Parliament now has 705 seats.
The worrying point is that while the European
Parliament has got more and more power in European affairs over the years the
number of voters taking part in these elections has decreased. Fortunately, it
did not happen in the latest elections in 2019.
With all the present challenges for Europe with Trump, Putin and Brexit we
might see many more voters turn up to make their voice heard in these important
elections.
The European question for tomorrow:
What is FRONTEX? And why is its work so important?
47 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT EUROPE:
EUROPE AT WORK www.europe-at-work.be
TODAY’s QUOTE & FAMOUS PEOPLE :
1. Yesterday’s
quote:
A
bigamist is a man, who will also make two mistakes at other occasions.
This was once
said by the British actor Peter Sellers.
2.
Today’s quote:
Our culture
is international, and it has always been so. There is no such
thing as a special
Danish style. It is all reproduction.
Who among today's personalities ahs said that?
3. Famous
people born on this day:
1828: Lev Tolstoj ( died 1910 )
1894: Poul Henningsen ( died 1967 )
1941: Otis Redding ( died 1967 )
1960: Hugh Grant
4. Famous
people died on this day:
1569: Pieter Breughel ( 42 years )
1901: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec ( 37 years )
1960: Jussi Björling ( 49 years )
1976: Mao Zedong ( 83 years )
2010: Bent Larsen ( 75 years )
Niels Jørgen Thøgersen
www.simplesite.com/kimbrer + EUROPE-AT-WORK www.europe-at-work.be
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