There is a tide in the affairs of men . . .

Haley's comet seen in the Bayeaux Tapestry completed in 1083

On the day Mark Twain was born, November 30, 1835, Haley's Comet was visible in the sky.

Seventy five years later, Mark Twain passed away on April 21, 1910, just as Haley's comet returned.