Count on a librarian to find fascinating stuff on the Web—a list of predictions on how the world was going to end, going back to 4490 BCE.
(TEOTWAWKI: The end of the world as we know it.)
I still have a sentimental fondness for 1973 and Comet Kohoutek.
Wonderful site! Thanks. Have you seen this one: http://tyeebridge.com/ It’s called “This is the End” and represents some research and thinking about our propensity to require a known end to “the story”.