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What date did Florence Houteff predict for the start of a new messianic age?
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Branch Davidian
Flames engulfing the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, ending a standoff with federal agents, April 19, 1993.
Florence Houteff, who succeeded her husband as the leader of the Davidian movement, predicted that the new messianic age would begin on April 22, 1959.1
When this prediction failed to materialize, the movement splintered into several factions, and in 1962, Houteff publicly acknowledged that she had erred in her prophecy.1