TODAY - November 15

 NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS

ON: NOVEMBER 15

New edition

TODAY’s LENGTH:

This day is here in Belgium 7 hours and 31 minutes shorter than June 21. Its length is 8 hours and 58 minutes – from 07.58 to 16.56.

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

TODAY’s NAME:

This day is called LEOPOLD’s DAY.  He was an Austrian count, who was responsible for a border region. He grew up with a bishop at the monastery in Melk.  Later he married Agnes, a daughter of emperor Heinrich V, and had 18 children with her. He died in 1136, and the legend tells, that many wonders happened at his grave. He was made a saint a couple of hundred years later.

In Belgium the day’s name is SAINT ALBERT LE GRAND ( Albertus Magnus ). He was a German dominican bishop, who lived in the years 1199-1280.  He was known for his ability to cure sick people.  He discovered arsenic.  Perhaps it could also in some cases be used to cure people.

 

TODAY’s EVENT:

1956:  ”Love me Tender” – the first Elvis Presley film – is shown for the first time.

 

TODAY’s QUESTION:

Storm in a tea cup -  where does that expression come from?  And what does it mean?

It is a very old Roman proverb. Cicero (106-43 BC) quoted it in this way:  He started a storm in a small spoon!  Later the French political philosopher Montesquieu (1689-1755) used the expression Une tempête dans un verre d’eau.  Directly translated:  A storm in a glass of water.  He used it to describe political instability in the mini state San Marino.

The expression was in English, of course, made to: a storm in a tea cup.

The meaning of this expression was then and also today that something which perhaps gives the impression of being important is in reality of no real importance.

QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:

Magna Charta – what is that?  And what is its importance?

THE EUROPEAN QUESTION FOR TODAY:

What is the European Regional Fund?  What has it done?

See the answer on my blog:  https://knowing-about-this.blogspot.com

THE EUROPEAN QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:

What is the EIB, European Investment Bank ?

47 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT EUROPE:

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

 

TODAY’s QUOTE & FAMOUS PEOPLE :

1.  Yesterday’s quote:

You cannot beat anything into children. But you can applaud them and get a lot out of them that way.

            This was said by the Swedish author of childrens’ books, Astrid Lindgren.

2.  Today’s quote:

The press is like air: a privileged libertine.

Who has said that?

3.  Famous people born on this day:

1708:  William Pitt  ( died 1778 )

1891:  Erwin Rommel  ( died 1944 )

1905:  Annunzio Mantovani  ( died 1980 )

1932:  Petula Clark

1936:  Wolf Biermann

1942:  Daniel Barenboim

1954:  Aleksander Kwasniewski

 

4.  Famous people died on this day:

1630:  Johannes Kepler  ( 59 years )

1863:  King Frederick VII  ( 55 years )

1976:  Jean Gabin  ( 72 years )

 

Niels Jørgen Thøgersen

niels4europe@gmail.com  

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

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