Doom Almanac April 10 in doom history

April10

The world was due to end on April 10, 1981 and 2015

It didn’t. The desk has 4 items filed under this date.

On this day in doom history

4 items · 3 predictions
  1. 198145th anniversary
    Doomsday · busted

    Wall Street Guru Joseph Granville Called an 8.5 Quake for Los Angeles at Exactly 5:31 a.m., April 10, 1981

    The market-timing newsletter writer who had just moved the Dow with a 'sell everything' call went on national TV with a time, a magnitude and an epicenter.

    An 8.5 Earthquake Flattens Los Angeles at 5:31 a.m. on April 10, 1981 · Joseph Granville (stock-market newsletter writer and forecaster)

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

  2. 201412th anniversary
    Said on this day

    Marc Faber, April 2014: 'Very Likely' an '87-Type Crash in the Next 12 Months. The Next 12 Months Declined

    The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report editor told CNBC the market was setting up for something worse than 1987: 'I think it's very likely that we're seeing, in the next 12 months, an '87-type of crash.'

    An '87-Type Crash Within 12 Months (April 2014) · Marc Faber (publisher, The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report; on CNBC's Futures Now)

    Deadline set: Within 12 months of April 10, 2014 · status: Busted

    Every countdown starts somewhere; these started today.

  3. 201511th anniversary
    Doomsday · busted

    Marc Faber, April 2014: 'Very Likely' an '87-Type Crash in the Next 12 Months. The Next 12 Months Declined

    The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report editor told CNBC the market was setting up for something worse than 1987: 'I think it's very likely that we're seeing, in the next 12 months, an '87-type of crash.'

    An '87-Type Crash Within 12 Months (April 2014) · Marc Faber (publisher, The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report; on CNBC's Futures Now)

    Said Apr 10, 2014: 1 year before this date.

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

  4. 20242nd anniversary
    Said on this day

    UN Climate Chief: 'We Have Two Years to Save the World.' That Was April 2024.

    Simon Stiell titled his Chatham House speech 'Two Years to Save the World' and admitted it might sound 'melodramatic'. The two years were up in April 2026.

    'Two Years to Save the World' · Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary, UN Climate Change (address to Chatham House)

    Deadline set: April 2026 (two years from April 2024) · status: Busted

    Bold words to say out loud on a Wednesday.

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