TODAY - MARCH 1

 

NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS

ON: MARCH 1

New 2021 edition

TODAY’s LENGTH:

This day is here in Belgium 3 hours and 1 minute longer than December 21. Its length is 10 hours and 44 minutes – from 07.28 to 18.25.

See more – also in English – on.  www.dagenslaengde.dk

TODAY’s NAME:

Today’s name in ALBINUS’ DAY.  He was a bishop in Angers in France. He could wake up the dead and make blind people see again. He was born in 470 and died March 1, 550, and already in 556 a Christian church was named after him.

This is also the day’s name in Belgium:  SAINT AUBIN.

 

TODAY’s EVENT:

1872: The Yellowstone Park in the US was established.

 

TODAY’s QUESTION:

March – where does the name of that month come from? And what is linked to it?

The month of March is named after the Roman god for war, Mars.

In the old Roman calendar until 153 BC March was the first month of the year.

In the Nordic countries this month was called THOR MONTH – named after the Nordic god for wars, Thor.

A number of old Danish weather warnings are linked to this month:

  • A mild January and an equally mild February will mean a cold March
  • Thunderstorm in March will give snow and cold weather in April
  • Much fog in March will give frost in April and a wet and chilly summer
  • Swallows in March mean a warm summer
  • March is never worse than it brings at least 9 good days

 

See more about the names of the 12 months:   

http://www.pantheon.org/miscellaneous/origin_months.html

 

                                                                                              

QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:

Feather in one’s cap – 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:

Politics is the will to act.

This was said by the former Swedish prime minister Olof Palme.

2.  Today’s quote:

Discussions with a lovely woman is the worst waste of time I can imagine.

Who has said that?

3.  Famous people born on this day:

1810:  Fréderic Chopin  ( died 1849 )

1904:  Glenn Miller  ( died 1944 )

1910:  David Niven ( died 1983 )  - see photo below

1922:  Yitzhak Rabin  ( died 1995 )

1927:  Harry Belafonte

 

4.  Famous people died on this day:

1875:  Tristan Corbière  ( 30 years )

1911:  Jacobus Henricus vant Hoff  ( 58 years )

1938:  Gabriele d’Annunzio  ( 75 years )

 

Niels Jørgen Thøgersen

niels4europe@gmail.com  

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



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