On November 4, 1960, the New York Times published a headline stating that a physicist had calculated a specific date for the end of the world. According to the report, this event was expected to occur on Friday, November 13, 2026.
The prediction was based on an article appearing in the November 4 issue of the journal Science. The calculation suggested that by this date, or around this time, the world population would have grown so significantly that it would approach infinity. This mathematical projection implied that humanity would automatically destroy itself as a result of this catastrophic overpopulation.
The original coverage highlighted the stark nature of this forecast, linking the concept of infinite population growth directly to an inevitable self-annihilation scenario set for the mid-2020s.
Sources: t3n.