P.S. I don't know why, but for some reason the meteor showers aren't listed on our WildTexas.com calendar here. I know I entered those dates into our calendar at some point, but it looks like they didn't get set as recurring events (year-to-year). Probably because the exact dates of the meteor "showers" fluctuate. Anyway, I will be getting those back into our calendar (for at least 2005 & 2006) ASAP.
There are other meteor showers throughout the year that are viewable by residents in the USA. The Perseids just happen to be the "grand daddy" of meteor showers, generally, producing the most meteors per hour. In older times, the Perseids are what made people think propesy was coming true and the world was about to tend, because they produced so many meteors it appeared to be almost raining. (
Perseid Meteor Shower history)