American evangelist, author, radio host (born 1921)

Harold Camping

Harold Egbert Camping was an American Christian radio broadcaster and evangelist. Beginning in 1958, he served as president of Family Radio, a California-based radio station group that, at its peak, broadcast to more than 150 markets in the United States. In October 2011, he retired from active broadcasting following a stroke, but still maintained a role at Family Radio until his death. Camping was notorious for issuing a succession of failed predictions of dates for the End Times, which temporarily gained him a global following and millions of dollars of donations.

Born

1921

July 19

Died

2013

Era

1920s

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Harold, in brief

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1921 Born
2013 Died

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64 The Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages on for six days, destroying half of the city.
484 Leontius, Roman usurper, is crowned Eastern emperor at Tarsus (modern Turkey). He is recognized in Antioch and makes it his capital.
711 Umayyad conquest of Hispania: Battle of Guadalete: Umayyad forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by King Roderic.
939 Battle of Simancas: King Ramiro II of León defeats the Moorish army under Caliph Abd-al-Rahman III near the city of Simancas.

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The world in 1921

When Harold arrived

april 11 Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.
april 2 The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
august 14 Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
august 23 British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary; of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.

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A. J. Cronin 1896–1981 Scottish physician and author (born 1896) Alice Dunbar Nelson 1875– American poet and activist (died 1935) Baibars 1223–1277 Egyptian sultan (born 1223) Conrad Vorstius 1569– Dutch theologian (died 1622) Herbert Marcuse 1898–1979 German-American sociologist and philosopher (died 1979) Max Fleischer 1883– Austrian-American animator and producer (died 1972) Reginald Baker 1896–1953 Australian rugby player (born 1884) Vladimir Mayakovsky 1893–1930 Georgian-Russian actor, playwright, and poet (born 1893)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1921

Ágnes Keleti 1921–2025 Hungarian Olympic gymnast (born 1921) Alexander Dubček 1921–1992 Slovak soldier and politician (died 1992) Art Clokey 1921–2010 American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921) Bill Willis 1921–2007 American football player and coach (born 1921) Brian Moore 1921–1999 Northern Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (died 1999) Esther Williams 1921–2013 American swimmer and actress (died 2013) Ezzard Charles 1921–1975 American boxer (died 1975) Franciszek Blachnicki 1921–1987 Polish priest (born 1921) Franco Corelli 1921–2003 Italian tenor and actor (died 2003)

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