The Night the Stars Fell

Join Museum Librarian Bill Kemp as he takes us back to November 13, 1833, when the nighttime sky lit up like an Independence Day sparkler in what’s believed to be the most intense meteor shower in recorded human history.

At this time, Central Illinois was still the frontier, and meteor showers were mysterious and misunderstood phenomena. What did early settlers make of this spectacular–and for some, spectacularly terrifying–event? Where, in fact, did these meteors come from? And what’s the connection between the “Night the Stars Fell” and the Lenoids, the annual meteor shower that visits Earth every November? This lavishly illustrated program will answer those and other questions. Bill promises a program sure to fascinate even those folks with little interest in–or knowledge of–astronomy.

[COFFEEWITHBUDDHA]

I read it started at 11pm, so think of all the people that slept right through it and had no idea.

[joyknowles]

Very best presentation of the night the stars fell.

[SydariaWright]

It will happen again. But it will not be something to smile about if you don't know God. Because next time it's coming to earth

[bilcoferentine]

What do we think about the sun being blocked now"

[dissent]

Abraham Lincoln witnessed this event. and what is even stranger is this is the year England started its crusade to end slavery in 1833 God was so pleased he showered the earth with stars and all that could see, were amazed.

[remnantchannel]

( Mark 13:25 ) the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’
( Revelation 6:13 )and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind.