105 Years Ago: "All Aboard Comet's Tail," The Tacoma Times, May 18, 1910

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In May 1910, the Tacoma Times (Tacoma, WA) took note of the passage of the Earth through the tail of Halley's Comet, estimated to be over 1 million miles wide. According to the Times, the Earth would be moving at over 3000 miles per hour accompanied by "illumination of the western sky with a possible meteoric display."... Read more about it and follow us on Twitter @librarycongress #ChronAm!

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