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The idea that the year 2012 presaged a world cataclysm, the end of the world, or the end of human civilization, became a subject of popular media speculation as the date of 21 December 2012 approached.
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.
Fenomen roku 2012 – zespół wierzeń o charakterze eschatologicznym, traktujących o katastrofach bądź przemianach, które miały jakoby nastąpić 21 grudnia 2012 roku. Data ta była traktowana jako koniec 5125-letniego cyklu w systemie tzw. długiej rachuby, stosowanej w kalendarzach cywilizacji Mezoameryki.
The Great London Fire, which lasted from September 2 to September 5 of that year, destroyed much of the city, including 87 parish churches and about 13,000 houses. Many saw it as a fulfillment of the end of the world prophecy.
From planes dropping out of the skies to nuclear war and collapsing economies, many believed society was about to end. In the end, governments and companies the world over spent vast sums of money to fix the computer systems to prevent the Y2K bug from ever becoming a problem.
30 lis 2012 · Dec. 1, 2012 -- It was 10 years ago that veteran NASA scientist David Morrison began to answer a question a day from the public about the origin of life on Earth, evolution and the mysteries of the cosmos.
The end of the world was predicted to occur on December 21, 2012, when one of the great cycles in the Mayan calendar came to an end. In the run-up to the day, the internet abounded with predictions about an apocalypse happening on “12/21/12” .
