TODAY - May 10

 

NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS

ON: MAY 10

New 2021 edition

TODAY’s LENGTH:

This day is here in Belgium 7 hours and 18 minutes longer than December 21. Its length is 15 hours and 15 minutes – from 06.02 to 21.17.

See more – also in English – about where you are:  www.dagenslaengde.dk

TODAY’s NAME:

Today is called GORDIANUS’ DAY. He was one of emperor Julian’s servants. In his work he forced Christian prisoners to serve other gods than Christ. Later he became a Christian himself. He was then taken to prison, terribly tortured and at the end beheaded. This happened in year 362 AC.

In Belgium the day’s name is SAINTE SOLANGE – after a French saint, who died in 880 AD.  She working for the poor.

 

TODAY’s EVENT:

1940:  Winston Churchill is confirmed as prime minister in the UK.

 

TODAY’s QUESTION:

Croatia – what is the short story about that country?

This is a country on the Balkans in Europe. It has a long history with dominance from many different people and powers. The Illyrians werethe first people living there, as far as we know. They were later partly defeated by the ancient Greeks, who created colonies in the area, and many geographical names have a Greek origin. The Romans were the next power to take over. One of their emperors, Diocletian, even had his headquarters in Split, which today is Croatia’s second biggest city. When Rome disappeared the Croatian people came from the east (like the other Slavic people) and settled in the area. Further on in history then came under Hungarian and later Austrian dominance. After World War I the area became part of the independent kingdom of Yugoslavia. After World War II they were part of communist Yugoslavia.  And finally independent Croatia was established in 1991, when Yugoslavia disappeared. This happened in the context of very bloody wars between the ex-Yugoslav regions. Hundreds of thousands of Croats were killed or forced away from their home regions.

Croatia has an area of 56.000 sq.km – about 20 % bigger than Denmark. This includes more than 1.000 bigger and smaller islands in the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 4,2 million. The language is Croatian, which is very close to Serbian, spoken in Serbia. The religion is Roman-Catholic unlike Serbia, which is Orthodox.

Croatia became a member of NATO in 2009 and of the European Union in 2013.

The main industry is tourism.

QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:

Flying Dutchman  -  what is the history?

47 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT EUROPE:

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

 

TODAY’s QUOTE & FAMOUS PEOPLE :

1.  Yesterday’s quote:

Egoism is loneliness.

            This was said by the German poet Friedrich Schiller.  See photo below.

2.  Today’s quote:

Dance is a telegram to earth with a wish that gravity would be abolished.

Who among today’s persons has said that?

3.  Famous people born on this day:

1850:  Thomas Lipton  ( died 1931 )

1878:  Gustav Stresemann  ( died 1929 )

1899:  Fred Astaire  ( born Frederick Austerlitz) ( died 1987 )

1960:  Bono  (full name: Paul David Hewson )

 

4.  Famous people died on this day:

1774:  Louis XV  ( 64 years )

1977:  Joan Crawford  ( 72 years )

1999:  Shel Silverstein  ( 69 years )

 

Niels Jørgen Thøgersen

niels4europe@gmail.com  

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


                                                        Friedrich von Schiller

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