Doom Almanac February 5 in doom history

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The world was due to end on February 5, 1962

It didn’t. The desk has the paperwork.

On this day in doom history

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  1. 196264th anniversary
    Doomsday · busted

    Astrologers, 1962: Eight Heavenly Bodies in Capricorn Leave Earth 'Bathed in the Blood of Thousands of Kings'

    As the sun, moon and planets gathered in Capricorn during a solar eclipse, astrologers in India forecast catastrophe. Crowds waited at temples and riverbanks; Nehru called it absurd.

    The Ashtagraha: Eight Heavenly Bodies Line Up for Doom · Astrologers in India (the 1962 Ashtagraha forecast)

    Anniversary tip: the traditional gift is a new calendar.

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