A large number of people in this country will be able to see the occultation of a brighter star (as seen from the earth—not as bright in real terms as Regulus) on August 21, 2017. The moon will do the occulting and it will be during the daytime so you won’t have to set your alarm.
Oh, I wasn’t referring to lunar occultations. Those are very common, but significant asteroid occultations of stars this bright are exceedingly rare.