A collision of Comets

In the article about NASA’s Deep Impact rocket hitting Comet Tempel 1 on July 3 [“NASA on Collision Course,” June 23], you forgot that there’s another celebration going on at the same time: Bill Haley’s original group, the Comets, will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of their “Rock Around the Clock” going to No. 1 on the charts at the Egyptian Theatre and the Museum of Television & Radio. This was the first rock ‘n’ roll record to do so.

Do you see the connection? July 2, 1955: Rockin’ Comets hit No. 1; July 3, 2005: Rocket hits Comet Tempel 1. Coincidence? I think not.

Jim Dawson

Camarillo