ON THIS DAY FACTS - 10th April
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY - April 10th On this day in history in 837, Halley's Comet came closer to Earth than at any point in history. It managed a near miss of only 3.2 million miles. Although Halley's Comet is named after the astronomer Edmund Halley, he didn't discover it. Although he did predict its orbit and observed it more than once. The oldest record of Halley's Comet is from Records Of The Grand Historian in China, in 240 BC. It even appeared in the Bayeux Tapestry, the embroidery, not an actual tapestry, depicting the invasion of England by the Normans in 1066. Halley's comet orbits the sun every 75-76 years. The last time it was seen in the skies above Earth was in 1986. It won't be seen again until 2061. On this day in history in 1858, Big Ben was re-cast after the original bell suffered a crack on testing. Big Ben is the name of the Great Bell that resides in Elizabeth Tower. It's not the name of the tower,...