No one knows when the world will end, i knew it wasn't going to happen.
How many people were scared that the world was going to end by 2012? My cousin and I were pretty freaked out.
As much to my dismay, it didn't end. I was unaffected. All things come to an end one day, no matter how long it is prevented.
There have been claims for the end of the world since the beginning of the Christian era. Here is a couple of lists of such claims
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events