Prawn Dumplings, photo by PH Morton

26 September

National Dumpling Day

Happy Birthday:-

• Joo Jin Mo (1974) (51)
• Janice Wu (1992) (33)
• Yoon Shi Yoon (1986) (39)
• Betty Sun (1982)  (43)

It is National Dumpling Day.  If you are in London, head down to Chinatown because they are giving away free dumplings to celebrate this auspicious day.

• Not this 2020, I am afraid as Covid19 is still very real!
• Not this 2021 as Covid19 is still pandemic.
• Not this 2022 either and 2023🤣🤣🤣

• 26 September 1580: Sir Francis Drake arrived back in Plymouth on the Golden Hind, making him the first Englishman to circumnavigate the glove, don’t confused him to the first man as the honour is still credited to Ferdinand Magellan.
• 26 September 1887: The gramaphone was patented.  It was invented by Emile Berliner.
• 26 September 2022: As a dress rehearsal when the big asteroids might head towards the Earth, NASA’s spacecraft rammed an asteroid as great speed.