TODAY - February 7
NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS
ON: FEBRUARY 7
New 2021 edition
TODAY’s PERSON:
I have chosen
the French singer and actress JULIETTE GRÉCO. She was born on this day in 1927 in
Montpellier and died 93 years old in Paris in 2020. She was via her father of Greek origin – this
explains the name Gréco ( Greek ). She
was from her youth an active part of the rather left-wing and bohemian cultural
life in Paris – Rive Gauche. Among her
many friends were Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Sacha Distel, Quincy Jones,
and many more. She was was contidered to
be the Muse of Existentialism. From 1949
until his death she was the lover of the American jazz musician Miles Davis.
She has a 60
year career – mostly with songs written by French song writers, but also some
non-French like Belgian Jacques Brel.
Here you have a
link to two of her many famous songs during her career:
Déshabillez-moi ( undress me ) – with English
subtitles
One of her mottos were: Real
men are either married or work too much !
Photo below.
TODAY’s LENGTH:
This day is here
in Belgium 1 hour and 38 minutes longer than December 21. Its length is 9 hours
and 36 minutes – from 08.09 to 17.45.
See more about
where you are – also in English – on: www.dagenslaengde.dk
TODAY’s NAME:
This day is called RICHARD’s DAY. It refers in all likelihood to the English
legend king Richard,
who died on this day in Lucca on his pilgrimage trip to Rome.
Some people believe
that it has its name from the later English king Richard I ( Lionheart )
1157-99. But this is not true.
The day’s name in
Belgium is SAINTE EUGÉNIE – after a Roman saint, who lived in the years
183-258.
TODAY’s EVENT:
1964: The Beatles arrive for the
first time in the US, and they are received by 10.000 American supporters in Kennedy
airport in New York. It was called: Beatlemania.
TODAY’s QUESTION:
The Bird Phoenix – what’s the origin of this expression? And
what does it mean?
This is a legend animal, which appears in the works of the poets in ancient Greece. The
feathers of the bird were set on fire by the sun, and the bird burns on its
nest. But from the ashes a new bird, the bird Phoenix, arises. That’s where the
expression to raise like the bird Phoenix comes from.
The legend also appears in another form: The bird Phoenix is the only
bird of that sort in the world, and it has been living for 500 years in the
Arab desert. One day it collects sweet-scented wood for a fire. It is ignited
by the sun. And from the ashes the bird arises again, but in a younger and more
beautiful shape.
Today the expression to arise as the bird Phoenix means that something very unexpected
is happening – almost out of nothing. It
is positive – but also unreal. Almost magical.
QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:
Honeymoon
– what is the origin of that word? And the meaning and
importance today?
47 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT EUROPE:
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TODAY’s QUOTE & FAMOUS PEOPLE :
1.
Yesterday’s quote:
A successful
leader is someone who can give all responsability to others, blame other people
in case of criticism and take all the glory for himself
This was once said by the American president Ronald Reagan.
2.
Today’s quote:
If there were no
bad people, then there would be no good lawyers either.
Who among today’s perseons has said that?
3. Famous
people born on this day:
1478: Thomas More ( died 1535 )
1812: Charles Dickens ( died 1870 )
1834: Dimitrij Mendelejev ( died 1907 )
1885: Sinclair Lewis ( died 1951 )
1927: Juliette Greco ( died 2020
) - See above and below.
4. Famous
people died on this day:
1848: Christen Købke ( 38 years )
1979: Josef Mengele ( 68 years )
1999: Kong Hussein ( 74 years )
Niels Jørgen Thøgersen
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EUROPE AT WORK www.europe-at-work.be
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