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Harold Egbert Camping (July 19, 1921 – December 15, 2013) was an American Christian radio broadcaster and evangelist. [1] 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.
Camping suggested that it would occur at 6 p.m. local time, with the rapture sweeping the globe time zone by time zone, [4] [5] while some of his supporters claimed that around 200 million people (approximately 3% of the world's population) would be 'raptured'. [6] Camping had previously claimed that the rapture would occur in September 1994.
Originally founded by Richard H. Palmquist, with the assistance of Harold Camping [2] and Lloyd Lindquist as fellow members of the initial Board of Directors, Family Radio began obtaining FM broadcasting licenses on commercial frequencies in 1959, [2] and by 2006, was ranked 19th among top broadcast companies in number of radio stations owned. [3]
Harold Camping: Camping predicted the Rapture would occur on 6 September 1994. When it failed to occur he revised the date to 29 September and then 2 October. [144] [145] 31 Mar 1995 Harold Camping Camping's fourth predicted date for the end. This would be Camping's last prediction until 2011. [144] 17 Dec 1996 Sheldan Nidle
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2011 May 21: Harold Camping's revised prediction put 21 May 2011 as the date of the rapture. [114] [115] After this date passed without apparent incident, Camping made a radio broadcast stating that a non-visible "spiritual judgement" had indeed taken place, and that the physical rapture would occur on 21 October 2011. On that date, according ...
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Harold Camping (1921–2013), Christian radio preacher; Places. Camping, used in most European countries as a loanword to mean campsite; Telecommunications.