The date — 12-21-12 — inspired an Internet-fueled misreading of a Mayan calendar that led many to believe the end of the world would arrive.
Doomsday Fizzles, But Many Hail A New Era
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD, New York Times
Fri, 12/21/2012 - 3:45pm
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