The world was due to end on December 31, 1981, 1989 and 2014

1. 198145th anniversary
   Doomsday · busted

   Chuck Smith Was 'Convinced' of a Rapture Before the End of 1981; the New Year's Eve Service Ran Past Midnight

   The founder of Calvary Chapel wrote that a generation is 40 years and the church would be gone before 1981 was out: 'all my plans are predicated upon that belief.'

   Rapture Before the End of 1981 · Chuck Smith (founder, Calvary Chapel, Costa Mesa; book Future Survival)

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

2. 198937th anniversary
   Doomsday · busted

   Carter, 1977: World 'Could Use Up All the Proven Reserves of Oil' by the End of the Next Decade. It Did Not

   In his April 18, 1977 energy address the President warned that at 5% annual growth the world's proven oil reserves could be gone by the end of the 1980s.

   World's Proven Oil Reserves Used Up by the End of the 1980s · Jimmy Carter, US President (televised Address to the Nation on Energy)

   Said Apr 18, 1977: 12 years, 8 months, 13 days before this date.

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

3. 201412th anniversary
   Doomsday · busted

   ShadowStats Puts 90% Odds on US Hyperinflation; Prices Rise 0.8%

   John Williams' 2009 special report said hyperinflation could break 'in the year ahead' and 'likely cannot be avoided beyond 2014'. In January 2014 he put the odds at 90%.

   US Hyperinflation No Later Than 2014 · John Williams (Shadow Government Statistics newsletter)

   Observe a moment of not ending, in solidarity.

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