American activist and theorist (died 2015)

Willis Carto

Willis Allison Carto was an American far-right political activist. He described himself as a Jeffersonian and a populist, but was primarily known for his promotion of antisemitic conspiracy theories and Holocaust denial. Throughout his life, Carto established and controlled a variety of right-wing organizations and periodicals, most significantly the Liberty Lobby. An intensely private person despite his influence, he remains little known and had a reputation as a "shadowy" figure even among other right-wing activists.

Born

1926

July 17

Died

2015

Era

1920s

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1926 Born
2015 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

180 Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.
1048 Damasus II is elected pope, and dies 23 days later.
1203 The Fourth Crusade assaults Constantinople. The Byzantine emperor Alexios III Angelos flees from his capital into exile.
1402 Zhu Di, better known by his era name as the Yongle Emperor, assumes the throne over the Ming dynasty of China.

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The world in 1926

When Willis arrived

april 21 Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
april 24 The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
april 6 Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
april 7 Violet Gibson attempts to assassinate Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on July 17

Carlos Alberto Torres 1944–2016 Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2016) Connie Hawkins 1942– American basketball player (died 2017) Eleanor Hadley 1916– American economist and policymaker (died 2007) Frank Olson 1910–1953 American chemist and microbiologist (died 1953) Georges Lemaître 1894–1966 Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist (died 1966) James Somerville 1882–1949 English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (died 1949) Jason Clarke 1969– Australian actor Lou Boudreau 1917–2001 American baseball player and manager (born 1917) Oliver Ekman-Larsson 1991– Swedish ice hockey player

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1926

A. N. R. Robinson 1926–2014 Trinbagonian politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (born 1926) Alfredo Di Stéfano 1926–2014 Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (died 2014) Anahit Tsitsikian 1926– Armenian violinist and educator (died 1999) Andy Griffith 1926–2012 American actor, singer, and producer (born 1926) Avraham Adan 1926–2012 Israeli general (died 2012) Bernard Nathanson 1926–2011 American physician and activist (born 1926) Beryl Cook 1926–2008 English painter and illustrator (born 1926) Boris Chetkov 1926–2010 Russian painter (died 2010) Bruno Bartoletti 1926–2013 Italian conductor (died 2013)

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