Two dates for June 6:
--In 1980, "Science" Magazine published a
paper called "Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction" by Luis and Walter Alvarez. Through analysis of worldwide
iridium deposits, they identified the Chicxulub asteroid impact in the
Gulf of Mexico 65 million years ago as the cause of the
Cretaceous-Tertiary ("K/T") extinction event - in which 75% of all living
species were lost over the following 10,000
years.
--In 2006, a remake of the film "The Omen" was released,
originally written by David Seltzer in 1976 about the birth and
childhood of the Antichrist. The date could be styled 6/6/6, but this was a day that perhaps
occasioned less apocalyptic nervousness than it did marketing opportunism.
A new
Slayer album originally scheduled for release on this same date was delayed.
