List of past dates predicted for apocalyptic events

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See also. Past dates for failed doomsday prophecies

21st century
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 * 2001
 * Tynnetta Muhammad
 * This columnist for the Nation of Islam predicted the end would occur in this year.
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 * 27 May 2003
 * Nancy Lieder
 * Lieder proposed the Nibiru cataclysm, which was predicted to occur on this date. She claimed aliens in the Zeta Reticuli star system told her a planet would enter the solar system and cause a pole shift on Earth that would destroy most of humanity.
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 * 30 Oct–Nov 29 2003
 * Aum Shinrikyo
 * This Japanese cult, which carried out the Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995, predicted the world would be destroyed by a nuclear war between 30 October and 29 November 2003.
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 * 12 Sep 2006
 * House of Yahweh
 * Yisrayl Hawkins, pastor and overseer of The House of Yahweh, predicted in his February 2006 newsletter that a nuclear war would begin on September 12, 2006.
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 * 29 Apr 2007
 * Pat Robertson
 * In his 1990 book The New Millennium, Robertson suggests this date as the day of Earth's destruction.
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 * May 2008
 * Pyotr Kuznetsov
 * Followers of Kuznetsov, 31 adults and 4 children (one 18 months old), went into a cave in Russia in November 2007 thinking they would be safe from an apocalypse occurring in the spring. Kuzentsov did not join them, was later committed and attempted suicide when some had left the cave in the spring. By the time all the followers had left the cave in the spring, two adults had died.
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 * 2010
 * Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
 * This magical organization, which existed from 1887 to 1903, predicted the world would end during this year.
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 * 21 May 2011
 * Harold Camping
 * After several unsuccessful predictions in 1994 and 1995, Camping predicted that the rapture and devastating earthquakes would occur on 21 May 2011, with God taking approximately 3% of the world's population into Heaven, and that the end of the world would occur five months later on October 21.
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 * 29 Sep 2011
 * Ronald Weinland
 * Weinland, the founder of the Church of God Preparing for the Kingdom of God, stated Jesus would return on this date. After his prophecy failed to come true he changed the date to 27 May 2012.
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 * 21 Oct 2011
 * Harold Camping
 * When his original prediction failed to come about, Camping revised his prediction and said that on May 21, a "Spiritual Judgment" took place and that both the physical rapture and the end of the world would occur on 21 October 2011.
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 * Aug–Oct 2011
 * Various
 * There were fears amongst the public that Comet Elenin travelling almost directly between Earth and the Sun would cause disturbances to the Earth's crust, causing massive earthquakes and tidal waves. Others predicted that Elenin would collide with Earth on October 16. Scientists tried to calm fears by stating that none of these events were possible.
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 * 27 May 2012
 * Ronald Weinland
 * Weinland's revised date for the return of Jesus following the failure of his 2011 prediction.
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 * 30 Jun 2012
 * José Luis de Jesús
 * This cult leader predicted that the world's governments and economies would fail on this date, and that he and his followers would undergo a transformation that would allow them to fly and walk through walls.
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 * 21 Dec 2012
 * Various
 * The 2012 phenomenon predicted the world would end at the end of the 13th b'ak'tun. The Earth would be destroyed by an asteroid, Nibiru, or some other interplanetary object; an alien invasion; or a supernova. Mayanist scholars stated that no extant classic Maya accounts forecasted impending doom, and that the idea that the Long Count calendar ends in 2012 misrepresented Maya history and culture. Scientists from NASA, along with expert archaeologists, stated that none of those events were possible.
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 * 23 Aug 2013
 * Grigori Rasputin
 * Rasputin, a Russian mystic who died in 1916, prophesied a storm would take place on this date where fire would destroy most life on land and Jesus would come back to Earth to comfort those in distress.
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 * Apr 2014–Sep 2015
 * John Hagee, Mark Biltz
 * The so-called blood moon prophecy, first predicted by Mark Biltz in 2008 and then by John Hagee in 2014. These Christian ministers claim that the tetrad in 2014 and 2015 may represent the beginning of the Messianic end times. Some Mormons in Utah combined the September 2015 blood moon with other signs, causing a large increase in sales of preppers survival supplies.
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 * 23 Sep–15 Oct 2017
 * David Meade
 * Conspiracy theorist David Meade predicted that Nibiru would become visible in the sky and would "soon" destroy the Earth.
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 * 23 Apr 2018
 * David Meade
 * After his 2017 prediction failed, Meade predicted the rapture would take place and that the world would end on this date.
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 * 9 Jun 2019
 * Ronald Weinland
 * Weinland, who previously predicted the world would end in 2011, 2012, and then 2013, predicted in 2018 that Jesus would return on June 9, 2019. Prior to the date occurring he began to express some doubts regarding his own prediction.
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 * 2020
 * Jeane Dixon
 * Dixon predicted that Armageddon would take place in 2020. She previously predicted the world would end on February 4, 1962.
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 * 2021
 * F. Kenton Beshore
 * In 2012 this American pastor said the rapture would occur during 2021 at the latest.
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 * 23 Apr 2018
 * David Meade
 * After his 2017 prediction failed, Meade predicted the rapture would take place and that the world would end on this date.
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 * 9 Jun 2019
 * Ronald Weinland
 * Weinland, who previously predicted the world would end in 2011, 2012, and then 2013, predicted in 2018 that Jesus would return on June 9, 2019. Prior to the date occurring he began to express some doubts regarding his own prediction.
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 * 2020
 * Jeane Dixon
 * Dixon predicted that Armageddon would take place in 2020. She previously predicted the world would end on February 4, 1962.
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 * 2021
 * F. Kenton Beshore
 * In 2012 this American pastor said the rapture would occur during 2021 at the latest.
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 * 2021
 * F. Kenton Beshore
 * In 2012 this American pastor said the rapture would occur during 2021 at the latest.
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Why you can ignore all date setting prophecies based on the Bible - no dates in it - Doomsday Debunked blog post
Why you can ignore all date setting prophecies based on the Bible - no dates in it

Other recent dates debunked for Doomsday Debunked

 * Past failed prophecies for 2019: M̶a̶r̶c̶h̶ ̶2̶1̶,̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶9̶ ̶-̶ ̶J̶u̶n̶e̶ ̶9̶,̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶9̶ ̶-̶ ̶J̶u̶n̶e̶ ̶3̶0̶,̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶9̶ ̶-̶ ̶J̶u̶l̶y̶ ̶2̶,̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶9̶ ̶-̶ ̶J̶u̶l̶y̶ ̶1̶2̶,̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶9̶ -̶J̶u̶l̶y̶ ̶1̶7̶,̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶9̶,̶̶ ̶A̶u̶g̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶1̶,̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶9̶,̶ ̶S̶e̶p̶t̶e̶m̶b̶e̶r̶ ̶2̶4̶,̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶9̶,̶̶-̶ ̶S̶e̶p̶t̶e̶m̶b̶e̶r̶ ̶2̶9̶,̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶9̶ ̶-̶ ̶N̶o̶v̶e̶m̶b̶e̶r̶ ̶3̶,̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶9̶̶-̶ D̶e̶c̶e̶m̶b̶e̶r̶ ̶1̶2̶,̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶9̶ -̶ D̶e̶c̶e̶m̶b̶e̶r̶ ̶2̶1̶,̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶9̶


 * Past dates debunked to cross out: ̶A̶u̶g̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶4̶t̶h̶,̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶8̶; ̶J̶u̶l̶y̶ ̶2̶1̶,̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶8̶; ̶J̶u̶l̶y̶,̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶8̶; ̶J̶u̶n̶e̶ ̶2̶4̶,̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶8̶; ̶J̶u̶n̶e̶ ̶2̶1̶,̶ ̶2̶0̶1̶8̶ ….