This is how we know that 2012 will not happen.
Nothing happened in 1. Or 2. Or 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, (skip a few) 616, 666, 1337, 2000, 2006 and nothing will happen in 2010 or 2012.
This is also how we proove Jews did 911.