TODAY - FEBRUARY 13

 

NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS

ON: February 13

New 2021 edition

TODAY’s PERSON:

This the Belgian crime novel author GEORGES SIMENON.  He was born on this day in 1903 in Liège in Belgium, and he died 86 years old in Switzerland in 1989.

He wrote 75 novels and 28 short stories with chief inspector MAIGRET as the main person.

See much more about Simenon on Wikipedia.

TODAY’s LENGTH:

This day is here in Belgium I hour and 59 minutes longer than December 21. Its length is 9 hours and 57 minutes  - from 07.59 to 17.55.

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

TODAY’s NAME:

This day is called BENIGNUS’ DAY. Begignus came from Umbria in Italy and became priest in Dijon in the eastern part of present day France. He was killed around 300 AC because of his Christian faith by the the Roman emperor Diocletian.  His tomb is where the city’s cathedral and the St. Benigne monastery later were built

Benignus is the patron of Dijon.

In Belgium the day’s name is SAINTE BÉATRICE DAY.  It has its name from a Portuguese noble lade, Béatrice of Silva, who joined the church and started an order for nuns. She lived in the years 1424-1492.

 

TODAY’s EVENT:

1975:  The Turkish-Cypriots in the Turkish occupied part of the north of Cyprus declare their area an independent country.

 

TODAY’s QUESTION:

Cobbler – stick to your last  - what’s the origin? And what does it mean?

 

This expression goes all the way back to Alexander the Great (356-323 BC). His painter at the court was called Apelles. He was known to exhibit his works in such a way that he – without anybody noticing him – could study peoples’ reactions. One day he changed a detail on a shoe on a painting to see the reaction from visitors. A shoemaker noticed the mistake. But when he continued his criticism of the way the legs were painted Apelles could not stand listening to him anymore.  He said: A shoemaken should never judge anything but shoes. Later the expression has developed into today’s saying:  Coppler – stick to your last.

Today this expression means that you should never talk about things you don’t know anything about.

How the world would change, if everybody followed that rule J

QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:

Better late than never – 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:

You do not help the poor by eliminating the rich.

This was said by the American president Abraham Lincoln.

2.  Today’s quote:

The most important thing for an artist is to be able to sneak under the skin of people.

Who from today’s list has said that?

3.  Famous people born on this day:

1888:   Georgios Papandreou  ( died 1968 )

1903:   Georges Simenon  ( died 1989 )  - see more above and below.

1924:   Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber  ( died 2006 )

1933:   Kim Novak

4.  Famous people died on this day:

1883:  Richard Wagner  ( 70 years )

1916:  Vilhelm Hammershøi  ( 52 years )

 

Niels Jørgen Thøgersen

niels4europe@gmail.com  

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



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