TODAY - March 3

 

NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS

ON: MARCH 3

New 2021 edition

TODAY’s LENGTH:

This day is in Belgium 3 hours an 9 minutes longer than December 21.  Its length is 11 hours and 5 minutes – from 07.23 to 1828.

See – also in English – for other places on:  www.dagenslaengde.dk

TODAY’s NAME:

Today’s name is KUNIGUNDE’s DAY.  She was married to the German-Roman emperor Heinrich II  ( 973 – 1014 ). Just before he died she assured the emperor that she was so pious that she had lived her whole life as untouched virgin. And to prove it she walked with her bare feet on red-hot iron without getting hurt.

The name Kunigunde comes from the old Germanic word KUONI, which means brave. And the Germanic word GUND means war.

In her life Kunigunde according to the legend made a lot of miracles. One was to turn off a  fire by making the sign of a cross.

Kunigunde died in 1033. And she was later made a saint by the Catholic church.

The day’s name in Belgium is the same:  SAINTE CUNÉGONDE.

 

TODAY’s EVENT:

2002:  The voters in Switzerland decided that the country should become a member of the United Nations.

TODAY’s QUESTION:

Goulash barons – what is the history behind that expression?

During World War I the German troops were most of the time eating canned food, especially goulash in many forms. The soldiers called their kitchens in the field Gullasch-Kanonen!  A large part of it was imported from neutral countries, including Denmark.  And its quality was often very poor.  And in those countries many people became very rich very quickly because of that export.  Many of them were boasting with their money.  So the word Goulash Barons is pretty negative.  It was in many ways be compared with today’s Nouveaux Riches from Russia and China.

 

QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:

Horse trading – where does that expression 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:

When I wish I were rich, then I know that I am not quite healthy.

This was said by the British author D.H. Lawrence.

 

2.  Today’s quote:

Most men choose their wife in a light, which they would never dream of using when they select a suit.

Who among today’s persons has said that?

3.  Famous people born on this day:

1847:  Alexander Graham Bell  ( died 1922 )

1911:  Jean Harlow  ( died 1937 )

1914:  Asger Jorn  ( Asger Oluf Jørgensen )  ( died 1973 )

1926:  Lys Assia  ( Rosa Mina Schärer )

1930:  Ion Iliescu

 

4.  Famous people died on this day:

1983:  Hergé  ( Georges Prosper Remi )  ( 76 years ) – see photo of TinTin.

1987:  Danny Kaye  ( David Daniel Kaminski )  ( 74 years )

1996:  Marguerite Duras  ( 81 years )

2009:  Flemming Flindt  ( 72 years )

 

Niels Jørgen Thøgersen

niels4europe@gmail.com  

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



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