In the historicist view, the sixth seal came to pass long ago.
The darkness does not seem to be the prophecy of the future tribulation period (leading to Armageddon), but of the near at hand troubles when Gog and Magog (Russia with her confederates) come into Israel with his hordes, as shown in Joel 2:2. When Gog is in Israel and falls, there is no opposing force under the Antichrist present. You will notice that God the Father Himself comes to strike Gog down in some way. Some people say that Gog will be destroyed by a nuclear attack.
This is obviously an event near at hand, and the famine of hearing prophecy relates to today, this Laodicean time.
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