2013 Event A portion of the Chelyabinsk meteor weighing 1,255lb is recovered by divers in Russia 2013 Event The brightest lunar meteor impact ever observed is recorded by NASA 2010 Event Large parts of the United Kingdom are treated to a rare sighting of a meteor fireball 1994 Event 5m meteor 1994 XM1 passes within 100,000 km of Earth 1993 Event 10m meteor comes within 150,000 km of Earth (1993KA) 1969 Event Soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched 1966 Event Leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour) 1966 Event Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering Earth's atmosphere and leaving it again 1964 Birthday Biz Markie, rocker, Meteor Man, Townsend Television 1957 Birthday Jenifer Lewis, actress, Girl 6, Meteor Man, Sister Act 1955 Event Alabama woman bruised by a meteor 1944 Event 1st British jet fighter used in combat, Gloster Meteor 1893 Birthday Earnest Julius pik, Estonian astronomer, Physics of meteor flight 1885 Event 1st meteor photograph 1879 Event Meteor falls near Estherville, Iowa
