TODAY

  NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS ON: MARCH 31 New 2021 edition TODAY’s TOPIC: Tomorrow is FOOL’s DAY .   See more on my blog or on my Google drive file: KNOWING ABOUT THIS BE IN THE KNOW   TODAY’s LENGTH: This day is here in Belgium 4 hours and 57 minutes longer than December 21. Its length is 12 hours and 53 minutes – from 07.20 to 20.13. See more – also in English – on:  www.dagenslaengde.dk TODAY’s NAME: Today is called BALBINA’s DAY .  She was the daughter of Quirinus ( see yesterday ). After she was cured from a deadly tumor decease and her father, therefore, became a Christian she was killed together with him by the Roman authorities. In Belgium the day is called SAINT BENJAMIN – after a Christian executed in Persia. He lived from 329 to 424.   TODAY’s EVENT: 1896: The American inventor Whitcomb Judson got a patent for the zip fastener.   TODAY’s QUESTION: Like a cat round hot milk – where does th...

  NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS ON: MARCH 18 New 2021 edition TODAY’s NAME: This day is called ALEXANDER’s DAY . He was a bishop in Jerusalem until 250 AC.  Strangely enough he avoided the persecutions under emperor Septimus Sevirus. But later under emperor Decius he was thrown in front of the lions. They would not touch him. He died a natural death in 250.   TODAY’s EVENT: 1962:  The independence war in Algeria finishes with a peace agreement between FLN and France.   TODAY’s QUESTION: A red thread – where does that expression come from? And what does it mean? You say:  A red thread goes through it! This is an expression which comes from the Royal British Navy . For centuries it had a serious problem about its ropes being stolen. And nobody could trace where it had gone. That is why they started to weave a red thread into all new ropes. This made it much easier to find the thieves and to bring the ropes back to the Navy....

  NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS ON: MARCH 17 New 2021 edition TODAY’s LENGTH: This day is here in Belgium 4 hours longer than December 21. Its length is 11 hours and 58 minutes – from 06.52 to 18.50. See more – also in English – about where you are on:  www.dagenslaengde.dk TODAY’s NAME: This day has two names – depending in which country you are in. GERTRUD’s DAY  is its name in most European countries.  She was a Belgian abbess, who died on this day in 659. She was the helper to dead people on their first night on their way to the purgatory. Saint Gertrud is the patron for travellers. Earlier you saw small chapels with figures of wood to her honour at crossroads. When the paint and the gilt had peeled off you said that “the gilt is off the gingerbread”. In Ireland this day is called SAINT PATRICK’s DAY .  He was the country’s first bishop. He lived from 385 to 461. He brought Christianity to Ireland. The day of his death is said to be this d...

  NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS ON: MARCH 16 New 2021 edition TODAY’s LENGTH: Today is here in Belgium 3 hours and 56 minutes longer than December 21.   Its length is 11 hours and 53 minutes – from 06.54 to 18.48. See more – also in English – about where you are on:   www.dagenslaengde.dk TODAY’s NAME: This day is called GUDMUND’s DAY .   Gudmund was an Icelandic catholic bishop, who lived in the years 1161-1237. His full name was: Gudmund Arason .   As he was born outside marriage he needed the pope’s permission to become priest. He was in particular in his preaches insisting on the beauty of poverty. He thought that the church was wrong in looking for wealth. Due to this attitude he is often compared to Thomas Beckett.   In Belgium the day is called SAINT HÉRIBERT’s DAY .   He was a German archbishop of Cologne. He lived in the years 970-1021.   He was also chancellor for emperor Otto III. And one of the big fortresses near Liège ...

  NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS ON: MARCH 15 New 2021 edition TODAY’s LENGTH: This day is in Belgium 3 hours and 53 minutes longer than December 21. Its length is 11 hours and 50 minutes – from 06.57 to 18.47. See more – also in English – about where you are on:  www.dagenslaengde.dk TODAY’s NAME: This day’s name is ZACHARIAS’ DAY .  He was the 91 st pope and reigned in the period 741-52. He was a Greek from Calabria ( which is now the south of Italy ), and he was a very energetic administrator of as well the army as the government in Rome. He died on March 15, 752. In Belgium the day is called  SAINTE LOUISE DE MARILLAC .  She was a French saint living in the years 1591-1660.  She lost her parents as a child and dedicated her life to monasteries.   A school in Brussels carries her name.   TODAY’s EVENT: 1493:  Christopher Columbus comes back to Spain from his voyage of discovery to India ( which happened to be A...