The world was due to end on September 26, 2018

1. 198838th anniversary
   Said on this day

   AFP: Seas 'Threatening to Completely Cover' the Maldives Within 30 Years. 30 Years On, Still Above Water

   An AFP dispatch from Male said the sea could cover all 1,196 islands within 30 years, and drinking water might run out by 1992. Both deadlines passed. The islands are still there.

   The Maldives Covered by the Sea Within 30 Years · Maldivian government authorities (as reported by Agence France-Presse in The Canberra Times)

   Deadline set: 30 years from September 26, 1988 (September 2018) · status: Busted

   Somewhere, a calendar braced itself.

2. 20188th anniversary
   Doomsday · busted

   AFP: Seas 'Threatening to Completely Cover' the Maldives Within 30 Years. 30 Years On, Still Above Water

   An AFP dispatch from Male said the sea could cover all 1,196 islands within 30 years, and drinking water might run out by 1992. Both deadlines passed. The islands are still there.

   The Maldives Covered by the Sea Within 30 Years · Maldivian government authorities (as reported by Agence France-Presse in The Canberra Times)

   Said Sep 26, 1988: 30 years before this date.

   The planet, as usual, did not get the memo.

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