Originally Posted by
SteveB
[Good Morning Leigha and everyone on E-I. Have a great day everyone.
Sun is shinning and forecast is for a good and sunny day.
Totally useless information.
Today is Thursday, originally named by the Romans after the God Jupiter.
Thursday is from Old English Þūnresdæg and Middle English Thuresday, which means "Thor's day".
Thunor, Donar (German, Donnerstag) and Thor are derived from the Germanic god Thunraz, god of thunder.
Because the Roman god Jupiter was identified with Thunor (Norse Thor in northern Europe), most Germanic languages name the day after this god.
Icelandic uses the term "fifth day" (Fimmtudagur) and is one of the few Germanic languages not to call Thursday after Thor.
In most Roman languages, the day is named after the Roman god Jupiter, who was the god of sky and thunder.
Portuguese, unlike other Roman languages, uses the word quinta-feira, meaning "fifth day of liturgical celebration", that comes from the Latin "feria quinta" used in religious texts where it was not allowed to consecrate days to pagan gods.
In Slavic languages and in Chinese, this day's name is "fourth"
Greek and Hebrew uses "fifth "
Today is the 114th day of the year. There are 251 days remaining.
On this day:=
1957 – The first broadcast The Sky at Night, presented by Patrick Moore
1953 - Winston Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
1986 – Wallis Simpson, American-French wife of Edward VIII died (b. 1896)