Way back when (1984?) my old man gave me a little book called “99 Reasons why the Rapture will occur in 1988”. My Dad wasn’t over-the-top with the actual date and year, but he sure thought the return of Jesus was coming soon. And lived a life worthy of that.
He died in 1988.
Oops - the book was “88 Reasons why the Rapture will occur in 1988”, by Edgar C. Whisenant. And written in 1988!
He wrote a second book in 1989, about why the rapture would occur in 1989!! (Seems he messed up slightly with the Gregorian vs. modern calendar!)
I think Camping wrote that book also.