TODAY - MAY 18

 

NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS

ON: MAY 18

New 2021 edition

TODAY’s LENGTH:

This day is here in Belgium 7 hours and 41 minutes longer than December 21. Its length is 15 hours and 39 minutes – from 05.50 to 21.29.

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

TODAY’s NAME:

This day is called ERIK’s DAY. It has its name from the Swedish king Erik the 9th ( or Holy Erik ). He was beheaded in a church by the Danish prince Magnus Eriksen on the way back from a crusade in Finland in the year 1160.  His bones are still today to be seen in the cathedral in Uppsala in Sweden.

In Belgium the day’s name is SAINT JEAN I.   There are lots of Saint Jeans.

TODAY’s EVENT:

1936:  The Spanish civil war started. It lasted until 1939. It caused the death of at least 500.000 people.

TODAY’s QUESTION:

The Muses  -  what is that? And what is the history?

This is a word from Greek mythology. They were the inspiration for the Gods for innovations and discoveries in literature, science and arts. They were the source of knowledge.

There were 9 muses. They were all daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Each of them looked after a special field:

 Clio:                 history

Thalia:              comedy

Erato:               poetry of love

Euterpe:           song

Polyhymnia:    hymns

Calliope:          epic poetry

Terpsichore:    dance

Urania:             astronomy

Nowadays, you still see the connection between some of these names and a number  of words linked to the 9 special fields.

And today you also use the expression: a man’s muses. This means that there are women behind him to inspire and encourage him.

 

QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:

Vessel of the Danaids -  what is the origin? 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:

What in the Subway is considered overcrowded is in a night club pleasant intimacy.

             This was once said by the American entertainer Frank Sinatra.

2.  Today’s quote:

As none of today’s persons has left any unforgettable quotations you get one by the Austrian poet Robert Musil instead:

A bit of fear for something concrete is good. It reduces the much bigger fear for something unknown.

3.  Famous people born on this day:

1869:  Tsar Nicolaj II  ( díed 1918 )

1897:  Frank Capra  ( died 1991 )

1913:  Charles Trenet  ( died 2001 )

1920:  John Paul II  ( died 2005 )

4.  Famous people died on this day:

        1911:  Gustav Mahler  ( 51 years )

             1921:  Martin Nyrop  ( 72 years )

             1990:  Jill Ireland  ( 54 years )  -  see photo below.

 

Niels Jørgen Thøgersen

niels4europe@gmail.com  

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


                                                                 Jill Ireland

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