The Leonid meteor shower will be peaking on the 17th, so if you have another clear night in the next few days and are paying attention after midnight, there is a pretty good chance the same thing might happen again.

The operative word is paying attention. We have a myriad of things such as that happening all the time, but we're generally occupied with other stuff. Attaching any significance to it on a personal level has been ongoing since humankind first looked up.