November 12, 2020 - First Meteor Shower on Record
- Author
- The Weather Network
- Published
- Thu 12 Nov 2020
- Episode Link
- https://www.theweathernetwork.com/weatherhistory
On This Day in Weather History, on November 12, 1799, Andrew Ellicott, an early American astronomer, was on earth but looking up. By looking up to see what else is out there besides just us, he witnessed the Leonids meteor shower for the first time from a ship off the Florida Keys.
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