Jonestown - Wikipedia
Jonestown 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.
Jonestown ‑ Massacre, Guyana & Cult - HISTORY
2010年10月18日 · 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 leader...
Jonestown | History, Facts, Jim Jones, & Survivors | Britannica
2024年9月9日 · 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.
Mass suicide at Jonestown | November 18, 1978 | HISTORY
2010年2月9日 · 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...
Jim Jones - Wikipedia
James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was an American cult leader and mass murderer who led the Peoples Temple between 1955 and 1978.
Inside Jonestown: How Jim Jones Trapped Followers and Forced ... - HISTORY
2018年11月13日 · 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 the...
Jim Jones | Biography, Jonestown, Massacre, Peoples Temple,
Jim Jones is known for being the leader of the Peoples Temple religious group and for the Jonestown Massacre, when he led the mass murder-suicide of more than 900 members of the group at their commune in Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978.
40 years after Jonestown massacre, ex-members describe Jim …
2018年9月26日 · Of the 918 Americans who lost their lives in the Jonestown massacre on Nov. 18, 1978, investigators determined 907 died from ingesting poison, including nearly 300 children. They used cyanide, and either injected it into people with syringes or mixed it with a powdered soft drink called Flavor Aid. Others were shot or stabbed that day.
Inside The Jonestown Massacre, The Largest Mass Suicide In …
2024年8月1日 · Known as the Jonestown Massacre, over 900 members of Jim Jones's Peoples Temple died after consuming cyanide on November 18, 1978.
The Tragedy of the Jonestown Massacre | Britannica
In November 1978 the world was shocked by the mass murder-suicide of more than 900 members of the California-based Peoples Temple cult. Members of its Jonestown commune in Guyana drank cyanide-laced fruit drink after being ordered to do …