TODAY - January 12

 NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS

ON: JANUARY 12

New 2021 edition

TODAY’s PERSON:

I have today selected the English crime novel author AGATHE CHRISTIE.  She was born in Torquay in 1890 and died 85 years old on this day in 1976.  She wrote 66 detective stories and 14 short stories.  And their total circulation was about 2 billion. Only two authors have higher numbers: Shakespeare and the Bible.

She also wrote the crime play THE MOUSETRAP.  It has been played every single day on theatres in London Westend since 1952 until the corona stopped it in March 2020. It will certainly continue.  The number of performances is more than 28.000. 

See more about her on Wikipedia.  And see her photo below.

TODAY’s NAME:

This day is called REINHOLD’s DAY.  He was a stone mason in Cologne. He was murdered in the 13th century and his body thrown into the Rhein. The reason was that he being in charge of building a church asked the workers to work faster. Then they smashed his head and threw him into the river.

The day is also one of the 32 so-called Tycho Brahe Days. They are days, which the Danish-Czech astronomer Tycho Brahe in the 17th century based on his calculations appointed as particular unfortunate.  What old nonsense L 

The day’s name in Belgium is SAINT ETIENNE LIÈGE.  He lived in the years 850-920 and was a bishop in the Belgian city of Liège.

TODAY’s EVENT:

1945:  The Soviet Union starts an intensive attack on the East Prussia in  Germany.

 

TODAY’s QUESTION:

To hold your hand on your heart – where does this come from? And means what?

This has since ancient times been a symbol of honesty. In the Middle Ages priests and women put their hand at their heart when taking the oath.  But already in the very old times people in the north (cimbrians, Vikings, etc.) put their right hand on the heart when meeting other people to show that they did not carry a weapon in that hand – that they were peaceful.  This has later been replaced by holding out one’s right hand when saying hello.  This proves that you do not carry arms in that hand.

The Americans put their right hand on the heart when the national anthem is played. This is meant to show loyalty to the country.

 

QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:

To keep the pot boiling –where does that come from? And what does it mean?

 

47 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT EUROPE:

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

 

 

TODAY’s QUOTE & FAMOUS PEOPLE :

1.  Yesterday’s quote:

None of yesterday’s persons has left unforgettable quotations.

2.  Today’s quote:

An elderly lady is like a cathedral: the older it gets, the less important is each year.

Who among today’s persons has said that?

3.  Famous people born on this day:

1729:  Edmund Burke  ( died 1797 )

1876:  Jack London  ( died 1916 )

1893:  Hermann Göring  ( died 1946 )

 

4.  Famous people died on this day:

        1960:  Nevil Shute  ( 61 years )

             1976:  Agathe Christie  ( 86 years ) – see above and below.

 

Niels Jørgen Thøgersen

niels4europe@gmail.com  

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



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