Night the stars fell -- Sifting -- Struggling to understand meteors -- November meteors in history -- Critics attack -- Discovery of the August meteors -- 1866: the first predicted return -- Meteor-comet connection -- Meters for meteors -- coming fire shower: 1899 -- World's safest fireworks display: 1932 -- New horizons in meteor science -- Suprise: 1966 -- Killer comets and dis-asteroids -- Catch a falling star -- Prospects for 1998, 1999, and 2000 -- Journey of a meteoroid.