TODAY - March 11

 

NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS

ON: MARCH 11

New 2021 edition

TODAY’s LENGTH:

This day is here in Belgium 3 hours and 39 minutes longer than December 21. Its length is 11 hours and 36 minutes – from 07.05 to 18.41.

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

TODAY’s NAME:

Today’s name is THALA’s DAY.  She was a young Christian virgin, who was imprisoned due to her faith by the Roman emperor Diocletian. But as the torture did not seem to harm her, she was released.  After she continued to preach Christianity she was caught again and this time crucified. It happened around 300 AC.

In Belgium the day is called SAINTE ROSINE’s DAY.  She was a saint in Augsburg in the 1st century AD.  But not much is known about her.

 

TODAY’s EVENT:

1985:  Michail Gorbatjov is elected secretary-general of the Soviet Communist Party.

TODAY’s QUESTION:

Pandora’s Box – what is the history of that expression? And what does it mean?

This story comes from Greek mythology. Pandora was a woman, who was rich and possessed a lot of valuable things. She was created by Hefaistos from earth and water.  She was considered to be the first ancestress of all women. When she got married, she received from the gods as a present a big box with food. She was in the first instance not allowed to look into the box. But she was too curious and opened the box despite the prohibition. This meant that all sorts of pains jumped out of the box and were spread to all people in the world.  In the bottom of the box only hope was left. That is why people always have hope left, when everything else has gone.

Today the expression Pandora’s Box is used to describe that something unexpected may happen, if you do things with unpredictable consequences. In other words: if you open Pandora’s Box.

QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:

Marianne – she is a symbol for a country. Which one? And why?

47 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT EUROPE:

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

 

TODAY’s QUOTE & FAMOUS PEOPLE :

1.  Yesterday’s quote:

May your God be with you!

This was the last words in all one-man-shows by the Irish comedian Dave Allen.

2.  Today’s quote:

The freedom of expression is in danger, when a newspaper is so busy in promoting its own points of view that it does not loyally present that of others.

Who has said that?

3.  Famous people born on this day:

1899:  King Frederik IX.  ( died 1972 )

1916:  Harold Wilson  ( died 1995 )

1952:  Douglas Noël Adams  ( died 2001 )

1976:  Thomas Gravesen

 

4.  Famous people died on this day:

1955:  Alexander Fleming  ( 74 years )

1958:  Ole Kirk Christiansen  ( 67 years )  (founder of LEGO)

2002:  Erhard Jakobsen  ( 85 years )

2006:  Slobodan Milosovic  ( 65 years )

 

Niels Jørgen Thøgersen

niels4europe@gmail.com  

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


King Frederik 9 and Queen Ingrid


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