Frankfurt am Main is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth largest city in Germany. The city has a lot to offer; From the top of the Main Tower there is a wonderful view of the city and in the Frankfurt Zoo you can meet around 450 different species of animals.
Behind the locked steel door in a backyard at Torshov in Oslo you will find the emergency communication center. From this premises the telephone communication would be secured in event of war or enemy sabotage.
Today
28 November 2022 Today is this year's day number 331. We are in week 48, and have 34 days left of 2022.
At this day in history:
1520
Ferdinand Magellan sail through the Strait of Magellan outside South America, and becomes the first European to see the Pacific Ocean.
1812
Ludvig Mathias Lindeman, Norwegian composer and folk collector (d. 1887) was born.
1820
Friedrich Engels, German social philosopher (d. 1895) was born.
1829
Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer, pianist and conductor (d. 1894) was born.
1859
Washington Irving, American author died.
1881
Stefan Zweig, German writer (d. 1942) was born.
1887
Ernst Röhm, German Nazi (d. 1934) was born.
1912
Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
1950
Ed Harris, American actor was born.
1954
Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist died.
1960
Mauritania becomes independent.
1960
Aslag Haugen, Norwegian musician was born.
1968
Clas Brede Bråthen, Norwegian ski jumper was born.
1969
Hanne Ørstavik, Norwegian author was born.
1969
Erik Ødegaard, Norwegian painter and illustrator was born.
1970
Jan Michaelsen, Danish footballer was born.
1975
East Timor declares its independence from Portugal.
I have been with Nordic Crane Bull at work as they should lift 4 lifts on board Color Magic. Two cranes of 44 and 60 meters were needed to get the four lifts lifted on board before the boat had to leave the dock en route to Kiel. The highest lift was to deck 14. From there there was a nice view of Oslo and the Oslo fjord.
The construction work on the first stone church over St. Olav's grave in Trondheim started around 1070, and it is assumed that the church was completed around 1300. After more than 130 years of restoration and reconstruction, one can still impress the mighty cathedral.
