Happy X-Day!

X-Day is a traditional part of the Church of the SubGenius, a religion formed as a parody of cults and extreme religious groups, and their pamphlets and claims. X-Day fell on July 5, 1998, the scheduled "end of the world", and has been celebrated on July 5 each year since then. 

From its inception in 1980, the Church had prophesied that an army of alien invaders (known as the X-ists or Men From Planet X) would land on the planet Earth and destroy the world of normals, pinks, and glorps, while the members of the Church of the SubGenius would be rescued by the aliens and taken away into space. 

Chapters 10 and 11 of Revelation X: The Bob Apocryphon supplies additional details as to the precise kinds of fates which supposedly await the pinks and normals (as well as SubGenii who have not paid their membership fees) left behind when X-Day comes, saying, among other things, that those who are not immediately killed by the aliens will be enslaved by a society of evil clowns known as the Bozo Cult until eventually their souls are devoured by the Elder Gods. The book also tells readers that if they want more information, they should send one million dollars to Ivan Stang so that he can remake his 1973 film Let's Visit the World of the Future.

Damien's note: The above, taken from the Wikipedia entry, like many entries in that source may be imperfect. For example, whether or not the Church of the SubGenius is a parody or just a prime example of an extreme religion. And cult, as the Church of Scientology will soon be reminding Tom Cruise most vigorously, is such an ugly and actionable word.