Well, we have seen the arrival of 12/12/12, which if some
of you remember when Y2K arrived, there were vast predictions of the impeding “doomsday”
scenario among many conversations around the world! A coworker of mine brought
up an interesting point that made me reflect differently about number-related
dates as we have witnessed over the course of the past 12 years. How
interesting these comparisons are.
January 1, 2001 – 1/1/1
February 2, 2001 – 2/2/2
March 3, 2003 – 3/3/3
April 3, 2004 – 4/4/4
May 5, 2005 – 5/5/5
June 6, 2006 – 6/6/6 (Wonder if this day put the fear of
God in some people’s hearts)
July 7, 2007 – 7/7/7
August 8, 2008 – 8/8/8
September 9, 2009 – 9/9/9
October 10, 2012 – 10/10/10
November 11, 2011 – 11/11/11
December 12, 2012 – 12/12/12
One thing is for certain, we will not see this type of
occurrence again in our lifetime that would happen in 12 consecutive years. But
wait, what about other similar numerical incidences during the last century?
They only cover a scope of 9 years, but not successively. They were all 11
years apart!
September 9, 1999 – 9/9/99
August 8, 1988 – 8/8/88
July 7, 1977 – 7/7/77
June 6, 1966 – 6/6/66 (Bet this day scared the crap out
of a few people)
May 5, 1955 – 5/5/55
April 4, 1944 – 4/4/44
March 3, 1933 – 3/3/33
February 2, 1922 – 2/2/22
January 1, 1911 – 1/1/11
Of course, we can continue to go back further into
history to find numerical similarities among certain months, on certain days,
in certain years. However, from 2001 to 2012, this is the only time in my
lifetime where I will see a consecutive 12-year mono-numerical significance,
which gave me an intuitive moment to pause. I was aware of our 12-year pattern
of fixated numbers, but I never stopped to take all of this in!
Now this was certainly a “things that make you go hmmmm….moment!" Not quite the end of the world!
