Doom Almanac December 21 in doom history

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The world was due to end on December 21, 1954 and 2012

It didn’t. The desk has 3 items filed under this date.

On this day in doom history

3 items · 3 predictions
  1. 195472nd anniversary
    Doomsday · busted

    Chicago Housewife Relays Space Message: Flood Will Swamp the City Before Dawn, Dec. 21, 1954. Dawn Came Dry

    Dorothy Martin said messages from the planet Clarion foretold a flood from the Great Lake. Her group waited for flying saucers; the study of that night became When Prophecy Fails.

    Flood From the Great Lake, December 21, 1954 · Dorothy Martin (Chicago; 'Marian Keech' in When Prophecy Fails)

    Anniversary tip: the traditional gift is a new calendar.

  2. 201214th anniversary
    Doomsday · busted

    Maya Long Count Rolls Over Like an Odometer; Planet Survives Friday

    The ancient Maya never scheduled an apocalypse. Plenty of people scheduled it for them anyway.

    The 2012 Maya Apocalypse · widely believed 2012 doomsday (not the ancient Maya)

    It comes around every year, and every year the world is still here to see it.

  3. 201214th anniversary
    Doomsday · busted

    Belgian Author Patrick Geryl Set December 21, 2012 for a Sudden Pole Shift, and Built a Bunker in South Africa

    He quit his job in 2006 to prepare, wrote nine books on it and spent more than $130,000 on survival gear. The poles stayed put.

    Earth's Poles Flip on December 21, 2012, Triggering a Global Cataclysm · Patrick Geryl (Belgian author, How to Survive 2012 and The World Cataclysm in 2012)

    A proud date in the long history of things not happening.

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