Today, August 16, is the predicted impact date for Comet Wolf-Biederman to strike and destroy the Earth. Humanity has around one year to prepare (Deep Impact, 1998)
Today, May 10, in 1998, amateur astronomer Leo Biederman discovers an unusual object near the stars Mizar and Alcor. His teacher has Leo take a picture of the object that he then sends to astronomer Dr. Marcus Wolf (Deep Impact, 1998)