Abstract
Looking to the sun for help in answering earthly questions must be one of the oldest professions. Ancient Chinese and Greek astrologers (or would‐be astronomers at the same time) used to relate unusual solar events to the stability of states, the chances of winning a war, or an individual's health. Nowadays the solar events have been associated with the rise and fall of the Dow‐Jones indices, the antiwar demonstrations in the early 1970's, and even the length of women's skirts. All these may sound like no more than fancy, but we have to recognize that, after all, the sun is the energy source of all earthly activities, so its abnormality must result in something abnormal on the earth. Because the solar radiation arrives first at the top of our atmosphere, it is entirely logical to ask whether solar variations are related to terrestrial weather and climate changes.
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