21 December 2012 = Doomsday?

[Spikez]

Hi,

Everybody heere has heared about all the 2012 fuzz and that the end of the world is near and stuff, what do you think is true? I don't know a lot about why and how the world is supposed to end in 2012, but appearantly even scientists are in on this one.

I find it personally hard to believe that in 3 years the world or mankind will be destroyed. I really hope nothing will happen, and personally, I don't think anything will happen just because a few indians have a codex that says so. I just hope that soon we will make contact with friendly aliens who will save us all and give us a better life.

What do you believe? If someone can also explain what is supposed to happen on 21/12/'12, please explain. Saw some stuff on the internet, but I didn't understand it.

So, tell us what you think!

[Iroquois]

Watch the movie.

[Spikez]

I will, I will

[Iroquois]

But in all seriousness, who knows? I haven't looked into it too much. It doesn't bear much thinking about.

Hell, I go through every day half-expecting the universe to collapse and all matter to cease existing.

[spudracer]

Disaster will occur in the form of a movie aptly titled 2012.

[Iroquois]

Hoho, I see what you did there.

[KasperKristensen]

So ehm. Why is the world ending again? Because the numbers kinda look alike?

[Iroquois]

I think it's because the Mayan calender runs out on that exact date. The logic is that since the calendar runs out completely, it marks the end of time. Since time no longer exists, it stands to reason that there isn't a world left for it where it can exist - hence why the world will stop existing.

Admittedly, it sounds ridiculous when you put it that way, but you never know.

[KasperKristensen]

No you never know, but if that's the reasoning then it could might as well be 15 minutes from now. You know, I think the world is going to end in 15 minutes...
Because I just made a calendar that ends in 15 minutes... 14.

[Iroquois]

Like I said earlier, I half-expect the world to end every day. Existentialism rules.

[spudracer]

This is just like new year's 2000. The world was going to end at the stroke of midnight. Yet, we're still here.

[Miss Vicky]

Why do people even worry about this stuff? If and when the world ends, you're going to end with it (if you're still alive to see it). It's not like you can escape it.

[KasperKristensen]

What are you gonna do? Round numbers are dangerous! A number with a lot of the same numbers is dangerous! The number 666 is dangerous! And for some reason the number 23 is dangerous!
Oh and Obama is of course the devil.

[Spikez]

we're just a though bunch of creatures to destroy, everytime something tries to break us down, we keep crawling back!

[Iroquois]

Because it's human nature to worry.

[KasperKristensen]

we're just a though bunch of creatures to destroy, everytime something tries to break us down, we keep crawling back!

"If God truly created life in his own image - I say that God is a cockroach".

[Spikez]

"If God truly created life in his own image - I say that God is a cockroach".

To quote Tony Montana: "I bury those ****ing cockroaches!"

Why do people even worry about this stuff? If and when the world ends, you're going to end with it (if you're still alive to see it). It's not like you can escape it.

Idd, I think it's ok if we all die together, now let's hope there is no God, or else we're screwed (most of us)

[Brother Blue]

So we're trusting the Mayans to predict the future now?

Yeah, alright. :laugh:

[Spikez]

Hey, Brother Blue, now, they were humble, honorable, human sacrificing bushmen, if we can't trust them about the future, who can we trust?

[Yoda]

Bet you a hundred billion dollars the world doesn't end.

[KasperKristensen]

Bet you a hundred billion dollars the world doesn't end.

I see what you did there!

[Brother Blue]

Hey, Brother Blue, now, they were humble, honorable, human sacrificing bushmen, if we can't trust them about the future, who can we trust?

You can trust me. The world isn't going to end in 2012.

It will end in about 5 billion years when our sun turns super nova. So you have nothing to worry about, live free and prosper (is that the correct quote?). You and I and everyone else will be long dead when it finally comes. :D

[Spikez]

isn't it live long and prosper?

[Brother Blue]

isn't it live long and prosper?

I might have ****ed up on the quote there.

No matter.

[Spikez]

You are forgiven Brother Blue!

[Brother Blue]

Thank you.

Now if only the Mayans could do the same we'd all be happy.

[mastertyrone]

You can trust me. The world isn't going to end in 2012.

It will end in about 5 billion years when our sun turns super nova. So you have nothing to worry about, live free and prosper (is that the correct quote?). You and I and everyone else will be long dead when it finally comes. :D

I completely agree with you Bro.Blue except for one thing.. 5 billion yrs from now our sun will not turn into supernova.. instead it will turn into red giant then into white dwarf.. until it cools down.

[Brother Blue]

I completely agree with you Bro.Blue except for one thing.. 5 billion yrs from now our sun will not turn into supernova.. instead it will turn into red giant then into white dwarf.. until it cools down.

Ah yes, you are correct. My mistake.

[mastertyrone]

Hi,

Everybody heere has heared about all the 2012 fuzz and that the end of the world is near and stuff, what do you think is true? I don't know a lot about why and how the world is supposed to end in 2012, but appearantly even scientists are in on this one.

I find it personally hard to believe that in 3 years the world or mankind will be destroyed. I really hope nothing will happen, and personally, I don't think anything will happen just because a few indians have a codex that says so. I just hope that soon we will make contact with friendly aliens who will save us all and give us a better life.

What do you believe? If someone can also explain what is supposed to happen on 21/12/'12, please explain. Saw some stuff on the internet, but I didn't understand it.

So, tell us what you think!


"I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it." -Mark Twain

"I don't want to believe, I want to know." -Carl Sagan

I really like these quotes because i know its true.. I dont rely on faith or beliefs or miracles or prophesies.. these are the enemies of reason. I rely in the power of reason......

DOOMSDAY 2012? Oh please give me a break.

[Sir Toose]

I rely in the power of reason......

So did those who reasoned that the earth must be flat because their eyes couldn't detect a curve.

Do you think a puritan would have thought it reasonable to travel through the air from the old world to the new in 1/2 day versus a month?

I always say that men should beware their own hubris.

That being said, I don't think the world will end in 2012 either.

I think the thought of the world will change in some meaningful way. There are indications of this abound.

[mastertyrone]

:nope:ah..ah..ah..

"So did those who reasoned that the earth must be flat because their eyes couldn't detect a curve."

FYI - these people are not reasoning at all, they are BELIEVING.. they are believing that the earth is flat because of the absence of evidence.. in other words they relied in their belief without basis or whatsoever, faith if you say so.. and that also goes with the puritan.



"I always say that men should beware their own hubris."

- I think this also goes to those flat-earth believers and the puritan.

[WBadger]

My theory: The Mayans ran out of stone.

[LuDiNaToR]

The calender doesn't even end. They had time periods like we do (decades, centurys) not sure how long theres was again. There calender does end on that date, but then starts again on the 22nd of december 2012. The only thing that is due to happen is something on the sun happens every 11 years and its due to happen around december 2012. plus i have food with a 2013 date on it, so can't be true :).

[Deadite]

Ut oh spaghettiohs, the mayan calender stops at a specific date, instead of going on forever. They were all like, "Welp, that's the day the world ends so no point in adding any more."

[ollanik]

How can anyone believe in that...

[akatemple]

Day before my B-Day, why does this keep happening to me. ;)

[honeykid]

"Keeps happening"? What other apocalypses have you avoided?

[akatemple]

1140 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1140) – Conrad III of Germany (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_III_of_Germany) besieged Weinsberg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Weinsberg).
1598 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1598) – Battle of Curalaba (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Curalaba): The revolting Mapuche (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapuche), led by cacique (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacique) Pelentaru (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelantaro), inflict a major defeat on Spanish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Empire) troops in southern Chile (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Chile).
1620 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1620) – Plymouth Colony (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Colony): William Bradford (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bradford_%281590-1657%29) and the Mayflower (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower) Pilgrims (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim_%28Plymouth_Colony%29) land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Rock) in Plymouth, Massachusetts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth,_Massachusetts).
1832 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1832) – Egyptian–Ottoman War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian%E2%80%93Ottoman_War_%281831%E2%80%931833%29): Egyptian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt) forces decisively defeat Ottoman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire) troops at the Battle of Konya (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Konya).
1844 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1844) – The Rochdale Pioneers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochdale_Pioneers) commence business at their cooperative (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative) in Rochdale, England (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochdale,_England), starting the Cooperative movement (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative_movement).
1861 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1861) – Medal of Honor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor): Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States) Abraham Lincoln (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln).
1872 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1872) – Challenger expedition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenger_expedition): HMS Challenger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Challenger_%281858%29), commanded by Captain George Nares (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Nares), sails from Portsmouth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth).
1879 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1879) – World première of Henrik Ibsen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik_Ibsen)'s A Doll's House (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Doll%27s_House) at the Royal Theatre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Danish_Theatre) in Copenhagen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen).
1883 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883) – The first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Army) are formed: The Royal Canadian Dragoons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Canadian_Dragoons) and The Royal Canadian Regiment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Canadian_Regiment).
1913 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1913) – Arthur Wynne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wynne)'s "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossword_puzzle), is published in the New York World (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_World).
1937 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937) – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_%281937_film%29), the world's first full-length animated (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animated) feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theater.
1941 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941) – World War II: A formal treaty of alliance between Thailand (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand) and Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan) is signed in the presence of the Emerald Buddha in Wat Phra Kaew (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Phra_Kaew).
1962 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962) – Rondane National Park (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rondane_National_Park) is established as Norway (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway)'s first national park (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_park).
1967 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967) – Louis Washkansky (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Washkansky), the first man to undergo a heart transplant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_transplant), dies in Cape Town (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town), South Africa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa), after living for 18 days after the transplant.
1968 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968) – Apollo program (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program): Apollo 8 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_8), the first manned mission to the moon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon), is launched from the Kennedy Space Center (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center) in Florida (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida). The crew performs the first ever manned Trans Lunar Injection (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_Lunar_Injection) and become the first humans to leave Earth's gravity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_field).
1969 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969) – The Gay Activists Alliance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Activists_Alliance) is formed in New York City.
1969 – The United Nations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations) adopts the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_the_Elimination_of_All_Forms_of_Racial_Discrimination).
1973 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973) – The Geneva Conference (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Conference_%281973%29) on the Arab-Israeli conflict (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab-Israeli_conflict) opens.
1979 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979) – Lancaster House Agreement (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancaster_House_Agreement): An independence agreement for Rhodesia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia) is signed in London (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London) by Lord Carrington (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Carington,_6th_Baron_Carrington), Sir Ian Gilmour (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Gilmour), Robert Mugabe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mugabe), Joshua Nkomo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Nkomo), Bishop Abel Muzorewa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Muzorewa) and S.C. Mundawarara.
1988 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988) – A bomb explodes on board Pan Am flight 103 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_flight_103) over Lockerbie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockerbie), Dumfries and Galloway (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumfries_and_Galloway), Scotland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland), killing 270.
1992 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992) – A Dutch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands) DC-10 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC-10), flight Martinair MP 495 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinair_MP_495), crashes at Faro Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faro_Airport), killing 56 people.
1994 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994) – Mexican volcano Popocatepetl (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popocatepetl), dormant for 47 years, erupts gases and ash.
1995 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995) – The city of Bethlehem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem) passes from Israeli (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel) to Palestinian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_National_Authority) control.
1999 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999) – The Spanish Civil Guard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_Guard) intercepts a van loaded with 950 kg of explosives that ETA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETA) intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_Picasso) in Madrid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid).
2004 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004) – Iraq War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War): A suicide bomber (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_attack) killed 22 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Forward_Operating_Base_Marez_bombing) at the forward operating base (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_operating_base) next to the main U.S. military airfield at Mosul (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosul), the single deadliest suicide attack on American soldiers.

Just to name a few, not really apocalypses but pretty big events and it's always December 21st. :D

[Brodinski]

OH MY GAWD!

This dude here talks about the day BEFORE his birthday, but just look at all this ***** that happened right ON my birthday!

1399 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1399) – Henry IV (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_IV_of_England) is proclaimed King of England (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_England).
1744 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1744) – France (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France) and Spain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain) defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sardinia) at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Madonna_dell%27Olmo).
1791 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1791) – The Magic Flute (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Flute), the last opera composed by Mozart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart), receives its premiere performance at Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freihaus-Theater_auf_der_Wieden) in Vienna (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna), Austria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria).
1791 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1791) – The National Constituent Assembly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Constituent_Assembly) in Paris (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris) is dissolved; Parisians hail Maximilien Robespierre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilien_Robespierre) and Jérôme Pétion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_P%C3%A9tion) as "incorruptible patriots".
1813 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1813) – Battle of Bárbula: Simón Bolívar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sim%C3%B3n_Bol%C3%ADvar) defeats Santiago Bobadilla (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_Bobadilla).
1860 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860) – Britain's first tram (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tram) service begins in Birkenhead (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birkenhead), Merseyside (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merseyside).
1882 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1882) – The world's first commercial hydroelectric (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroelectric) power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation on the Fox River (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_River_(Wisconsin)) in Appleton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appleton,_Wisconsin), Wisconsin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin), United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States).
1888 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1888) – Jack the Ripper (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper) kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Stride) and Catherine Eddowes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Eddowes).
1895 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1895) – Madagascar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar) becomes a French (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France) protectorate.
1901 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1901) – Hubert Cecil Booth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Cecil_Booth) patents the vacuum cleaner (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_cleaner).
1903 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1903) – The new Gresham's School (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gresham%27s_School) is officially opened by Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Wood_(British_Army_officer)).
1906 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906) – The Real Academia Galega (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Academia_Galega), Galician (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galicia_(Spain)) language (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galician_language)'s biggest linguistic authority, starts working in Havana (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana).
1907 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1907) – McKinley National Memorial (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKinley_National_Memorial), final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McKinley) and his family, dedicated in Canton, Ohio (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton,_Ohio).
1927 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927) – Babe Ruth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth) becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
1931 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1931) – Start of "Die Voortrekkers" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voortrekkers_(youth_organization)) youth movement for Afrikaners (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaner) in Bloemfontein (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloemfontein), South Africa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa).
1935 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935) – The Hoover Dam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam), astride the border between the U.S. states (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state) of Arizona (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona) and Nevada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada), is dedicated.
1938 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938) – At 2:00 am, Britain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom), France (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France), Germany (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany) and Italy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy) sign the Munich Agreement (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_Agreement), allowing Germany (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany) to occupy the Sudetenland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudetenland) region of Czechoslovakia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovakia).
1938 – The League of Nations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations) unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
1939 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939) – General Władysław Sikorski (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Sikorski) becomes commander-in-chief (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander-in-chief) of the Polish Government (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland) in exile.
1941 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941) – World War II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II): Holocaust (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust) in Kiev (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiev), Ukraine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine): German (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany) Einsatzgruppe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einsatzgruppe) C complete Babi Yar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babi_Yar) massacre.
1945 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945) – The Bourne End rail crash (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourne_End_rail_crash), in Hertfordshire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertfordshire), England (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England), kills 43
1947 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947) – The Islamic Republic of Pakistan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Pakistan) and Yemen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen) join the United Nations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations).
1947 – The World Series (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Series), featuring the New York Yankees (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Yankees) and the Brooklyn Dodgers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers), is televised (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television) for the first time.
1949 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949) – The Berlin Airlift (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Airlift) ends.
1954 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954) – The U.S. Navy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Navy) submarine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine) USS Nautilus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nautilus_(SSN-571)) is commissioned as the world's first nuclear reactor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reactor) powered vessel.
1955 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955) – Film star James Dean (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dean) dies in a road accident aged 24.
1962 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962) – Mexican-American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican-American) labor leader César Chávez (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Ch%C3%A1vez) founds the United Farm Workers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Farm_Workers).
1962 – James Meredith (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Meredith) enters the University of Mississippi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Mississippi), defying segregation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_segregation).
1965 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965) – General Suharto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suharto) rises to power (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_to_the_New_Order) after an alleged coup (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_September_Movement) by the Communist Party of Indonesia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Indonesia). In response, Suharto and his army massacre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_killings_of_1965%E2%80%9366) over a million Indonesians suspected of being communists.
1965 – The Lockheed L-100 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_L-100), the civilian version of the C-130 Hercules (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-130_Hercules), is introduced.
1966 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966) – The British (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom) protectorate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protectorate) of Bechuanaland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechuanaland_Protectorate) declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana). Seretse Khama (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seretse_Khama) takes office as the first President (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heads_of_state_of_Botswana).
1967 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967) – BBC Radio 1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_1) is launched and Tony Blackburn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Blackburn) presents its first show; the BBC's other national radio stations also adopt numeric names.
1968 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968) – The Boeing 747 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747) is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time at the Boeing Everett Factory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Everett_Factory).
1970 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970) – Jordan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan) makes a deal with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine) (PFLP) for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson%27s_Field_hijackings).
1972 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972) – Roberto Clemente (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Clemente) records the 3,000th and final hit of his career.
1975 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975) – The Hughes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_Helicopters) (later McDonnell-Douglas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell-Douglas), now Boeing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing)) AH-64 Apache (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AH-64_Apache) makes its first flight.
1977 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977) – Because of US budget cuts and dwindling power reserves, the Apollo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo) program's ALSEP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALSEP) experiment packages left on the Moon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon) are shut down.
1979 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979) – The Hong Kong (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong) MTR (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTR) commences service with the opening of its Modified Initial System (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwun_Tong_Line_(MTR)) (aka. Kwun Tong Line (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwun_Tong_Line)).
1980 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980) – Ethernet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet) specifications are published by Xerox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox) working with Intel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel) and Digital Equipment Corporation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Equipment_Corporation).
1982 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982) – Cyanide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanide)-laced Tylenol (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylenol) kills six people (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Chicago_Tylenol_murders) in the Chicago (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago) area. Seven are killed in all.
1986 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986) – Mordechai Vanunu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordechai_Vanunu), who revealed details of Israel's covert nuclear program to British media, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy by the Israeli Mossad (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mossad).
1990 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990) – The Dalai Lama (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso,_14th_Dalai_Lama) unveils the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Tribute_to_Human_Rights) in Canada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada)'s capital city of Ottawa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa).
1991 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991) – President Jean-Bertrand Aristide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Bertrand_Aristide) of Haiti (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti) is forced from office.
1993 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993) – An earthquake hits India (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India)'s Latur and Osmanabad district of Marathwada (Aurangabad (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurangabad_District,_Maharashtra) division) in Maharashtra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharashtra) state leaving tens of thousands of people dead and many more homeless.
1994 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994) – Aldwych tube station (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldwych_tube_station) (originally Strand Station) of the London Underground (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground) closes after eighty-eight years of service.
1999 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999) – Japan's second worst nuclear accident at a uranium reprocessing facility in Tōkai-mura (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dkai,_Ibaraki), northeast of Tokyo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo).
2004 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004) – The first images of a live giant squid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_squid) in its natural habitat are taken 600 miles south of Tokyo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo).
2004 – The AIM-54 Phoenix (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM-54_Phoenix), the primary missile for the F-14 Tomcat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-14_Tomcat), is retired from service. Almost two years later, the Tomcat is retired.
2005 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005) – The controversial drawings of Muhammad (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_cartoons_controversy) are printed in the Danish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark) newspaper Jyllands-Posten (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten).
2009 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009) – The 2009 Sumatra earthquakes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Sumatra_earthquakes) occur, killing over 1,115 people.

THE HORROR
When will this senseless punishment stop? What have I done to earn this??? WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING TO ME!

[Tyler1]

^ Wow!

[Deadite]

Epic. :D

[lundy1026]

no major things on my bday except for I share it w/ a few neat ppl:
1954 – Oprah Winfrey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey), American talk show host and actress
1970 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970) – Heather Graham (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Graham), American actress
1982 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982) – Adam Lambert (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Lambert), American actor and singer

ANYWAYS, back on the SUBJECT... I don't think there will be any crazy natural disasters that distroy the world on December 21, 2012 BUT I think that when 2012 rolls around that there is going to be mass chaos and it gets closer to the date. Its not just America, but MANY countries believe in the 2012 theory. I think with so many people worrying about the end of the world there are going to be many more committed crimes, stealing, destruction..... just a lot of bad things are going to happen due to the amount of people who do truely believe that natural disaters are going to end the world. People are capable of bad things but dont commit crimes becuase they are good hearted and want to live life by the law and ect. but when people believe the world is going to end, you KNOW that there are some people who are going to let all hell break loose.

[honeykid]

There could be a slight rise, but I greatly doubt you'll see anything resembling a panic. I don't think there is a country that believes this, is there? Sure there's the usual page/time filler in the papers and news networks and there are people all over that've heard of it. But actual belief? Very few. Besides, we've got that bloke who's already got it wrong once this year, 'revised' end of the world date to come this month.

Here's another 220+ "End Of The World" claims that, obviously, got it wrong.

http://www.bible.ca/pre-date-setters.htm

[lundy1026]

LOL yeah but there was believers for the Harold Camping prediction.
There were things on the news of people (dumb-butts) who quit their jobs and traveled, or stocked up, and even DONATED $ to Camping to spread the word.
So, there might be 12, 21, 2012 believers out there Haha.

[Fiscal]

Its not just America, but MANY countries believe in the 2012 theory.

lol wut

[lundy1026]

lol wut
From many different countries there are theories of 2012 END OF THE WORLD (which i'm guessing like in America, basically every1 knows it is BS but there is always a few believers out there). If you don't believe me you can google different countries w/ the 2012 Doomsday theory and you will see what they predict and ect. It kind of fascinating LOL.

Here is a website I found with some theorys:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1818140/top_10_december_21_2012_end_of_the.html

It's kind of entertaining to read, well because I dont believe in it. (Otherwise I would be scared.) It's just funny to me because I know out there, someone is worrying about it and will feel much relief as 2013 rolls around. :)

[MovieMad16]

Whoever believes this is being manipulated by people who demand power and control. That is the only logical explanation.

[honeykid]

^^^Aren't you a Christian who believes in God?^^^

[wintertriangles]

^^^Aren't you a Christian who believes in God?^^^Thread has been won