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X-Day, Church of the SubGenius (1998)
X-Day is the name for July 5, 1998, the scheduled 'end of the world' in the Church of the SubGenius. Since its inception in 1980, the Church prophesied that an army of extraterrestrial alien invaders would land on the planet Earth and destroy the world – except for the members of the Church of the SubGenius, who would be rescued by the aliens and taken away into space.
When July 5, 1998 arrived and no alien fleet appeared in the sky, members of the Church began citing a large number of conspiracy theories to explain why the predicted end of the world did not take place ...
This is just a snippet of today's stories. Read all about today in folklore, historical oddities, inspiration and alternatives, with more links, at the Wilson's Almanac Book of Days, every day. Click today's date when you're there.
X-Day, Church of the SubGenius (1998)
X-Day is the name for July 5, 1998, the scheduled 'end of the world' in the Church of the SubGenius. Since its inception in 1980, the Church prophesied that an army of extraterrestrial alien invaders would land on the planet Earth and destroy the world – except for the members of the Church of the SubGenius, who would be rescued by the aliens and taken away into space.
When July 5, 1998 arrived and no alien fleet appeared in the sky, members of the Church began citing a large number of conspiracy theories to explain why the predicted end of the world did not take place ...
This is just a snippet of today's stories. Read all about today in folklore, historical oddities, inspiration and alternatives, with more links, at the Wilson's Almanac Book of Days, every day. Click today's date when you're there.
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