WEBJonestown became internationally infamous when, on November 18, 1978, a total of 918 [1] [2] people died at the settlement, at the nearby airstrip in Port Kaituma, and at a Temple-run building in Georgetown, Guyana's capital city. The name of the settlement became synonymous with the incidents at those locations.
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Jonestown | History, Facts, Jim Jones, & Survivors | Britannica
WEBMar 29, 2024 · The Jonestown massacre was a mass murder-suicide of the Peoples Temple cult at the behest of their leader, Jim Jones, in 1978. After cult members attacked Congressman Leo Ryan, who was investigating the cult, Jones enacted a suicide plan at the Jonestown compound.
WEBOct 18, 2010 · The “Jonestown Massacre” occurred on November 18, 1978, when more than 900 members of an American cult called the Peoples Temple died in a mass suicide-murder under the direction of their...
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Mass suicide at Jonestown | November 18, 1978 | HISTORY
WEBFeb 9, 2010 · On November 18, 1978, Peoples Temple founder Jim Jones leads hundreds of his followers in a mass murder-suicide at their agricultural commune in a remote part of the South American nation of...
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An apocalyptic cult, 900 dead: remembering the Jonestown massacre…
WEBNov 17, 2018 · More than 900 people, many of them children, died in a mass murder-suicide in 1978 by drinking cyanide-laced punch at the order of cult leader Jim Jones. J Oliver Conroy. Sat 17 Nov 2018 04.00...
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Inside Jonestown: How Jim Jones Trapped Followers and Forced ... - HISTORY
WEBNov 13, 2018 · Just two years later, on Nov. 18, 1978, those words became reality when more than 900 people, one-third of them children, died during what would be known as the Jonestown Massacre, one of...
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Jim Jones | Biography, Jonestown, Massacre, Peoples Temple,
WEBMar 18, 2024 · Jim Jones died of a gunshot wound to the head in Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978. His death occurred during the Jonestown Massacre, when he ordered the mass murder-suicide of more than 900 members of his Peoples Temple religious group.
WEBIn what he termed "revolutionary suicide", Jones and the members of his inner circle planned and orchestrated a mass murder-suicide in his remote jungle commune at Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978. Jones and the events that occurred at Jonestown have had a defining influence on society's perception of cults .
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The Tragedy of the Jonestown Massacre | Britannica
WEBIn 1978 Congressman Leo Ryan traveled to Jonestown to investigate rumors that members were being held against their will and were being subjected to psychological and physical abuse.
WEBNov 13, 2008 · The following is a thumbnail history of the Jonestown tragedy on Nov. 18, 1978: What happened? More than 900 Americans died in a South American jungle upon the orders of Rev. Jim Jones, who...