Edited sentence: (Carrington is the first known person to observe solar flares, due to this storm.(This is also called the Carrington event).August 28 – September 2 – The solar storm of 1859, the largest geomagnetic solar storm on record, causes the Northern lights aurora to be visible as far south as Cuba and knocks out telegraph communication.Phillip C.Plait (Phil Plait) in his latest book:.This is also the first major solar radiation storm to be recorded, according to Dr