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The 2012 phenomenon predicted the world would end at the end of the 13th b'ak'tun. The Earth would be destroyed by an asteroid, Nibiru, or some other interplanetary object; an alien invasion ; or a supernova .
Jan 23, 2024 · The Doomsday Clock that has been ticking for 77 years is no ordinary clock — it attempts to gauge how close humanity is to destroying the world.
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- Pope Innocent III - 1284
- Johannes Stöffler - 1524
- Millerites - 1843-44
- Halley’s Comet - 1910
- Harold Camping – 1994 and 2011
- Y2K Bug – 2000
- Mayan Calendar - 2012
Known as one of the most powerful and influential of the medieval popes, Pope Innocent III’s papacy lasted from 1198 to 1216. Greatly extending the scope of the Crusades, Pope Innocent tirelessly waged wars to recover the Holy Land. Before his death in 1216, Pope Innocent predicted the Second Coming of Christ, intrinsically tying it in with the ris...
In 1499, respected German astronomer and mathematician Johannes Stöffler predicted that on 20th February 1524, the world would be submerged underwater after a great flood. His calculations had been based on multiple planetary conjunctions in the watery sign of Pisces, which were due to take place during 1524. Over 100 different pamphlets were publi...
American Baptist minister William Miller began the mid-19th century religious movement known as Millerism. The widespread publication of Millerite papers across North America helped spread their beliefs. The expanding movement grew rapidly, which led to William Miller’s prediction that the Second Coming of Jesus Christ would occur in 1843 or, by th...
Discovered in the mid-18th century by the English astronomer Edmond Halley, the short-period comet is visible from Earth every 75-79 years. In the past two hundred years, it has appeared in 1835, 1910 and 1986. However, in the build-up to its arrival in 1910, things got a little out-of-hand with people across the world believing the comet would bri...
According to the Bible, attempting to predict the Second Coming of Jesus Christ and the Rapture is a hopeless pursuit. Whilst the message is clear, it hasn't deterred some Christians from attempting to predict exactly when Christ will return to judge all of mankind. One American preacher was particularly prevalent in doomsday prophecies, Harold Cam...
In the leadup to the Millennium, widespread fears had spread over the so-called ‘Y2K bug’, a computer glitch that threatened to bring about societal collapse. What exactly was the Y2K bug? When computer programs were first written back in the 1960s, calendar years were written in two digits instead of four to save memory space. For example, 1999 wa...
The Maya of South America was the most sophisticated and highly developed civilisation in pre-Columbian Americas, reaching its peak around the 6th century AD. They not only developed a written language but were gifted astrologers and mathematicians, developing a complex and incredibly accurate calendar system. The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar u...
The idea that the year 2012 presaged a world cataclysm, the end of the world, or the end of human civilization, became a subject of popular media speculation as the date of 21 December 2012 approached.
World War One ended at 11am on 11 November, 1918. This became known as Armistice Day - the day Germany signed an armistice (an agreement for peace) which caused the fighting to stop.
Nov 18, 2014 · Fears that the world will end on 21 December are rife, despite there being no evidence. So, why are we so fixated with end of the world theories?
Jan 23, 2024 · A durable end to Russia’s war in Ukraine seems distant, and the use of nuclear weapons by Russia in that conflict remains a serious possibility. In February 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his decision to “suspend” the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START).
