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James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was an American cult leader and mass murderer who founded and led the Peoples Temple between 1955 and 1978. In what Jones 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.
The Brian Jonestown Massacre is an American rock band founded by Anton Newcombe (vocals, guitar), Matt Hollywood (guitar, vocals), Ricky Rene Maymi (drums, bass), Patrick Straczek (guitar) and Travis Threlkel (guitar) in the early 1990s in San Francisco. [1]
Attempts to prevent Jonestown massacre Christine Miller (June 4, 1918 – November 18, 1978) [ 1 ] was a member of the Peoples Temple cult led by Jim Jones . She is known for being the only Temple member to publicly urge Jones against carrying out the group's mass murder in Jonestown , Guyana on November 18, 1978.
After Temple leader Jim Jones allowed the party to enter Jonestown, that night, Harris and the Ryan delegation attended a reception in a pavilion in the settlement. [ 6 ] At that reception, unbeknownst to Jones, Temple member Vernon Gosney passed a note to Don Harris (mistaking him for Ryan), which read "Dear Congressman, Vernon Gosney and ...
Marcus Gavius Apicius (before 40 AD), Roman socialite, gourmet and man of great wealth, poison [60] [61] Marshall Applewhite (1997), American leader of the Heaven's Gate religious cult, poisoned himself as part of the cult's mass suicide that year [62] Araki Yukio (1945), Japanese kamikaze pilot [63] Arbogast (394 AD), Roman general [64]
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in December 2024 ) and then linked below. 2024
That day, 918 people died in Jonestown and Georgetown, which comprised the greatest single loss of American civilian life in a non-natural disaster until the incidents of September 11, 2001. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] In addition, five people were murdered by Temple members at a nearby airstrip, including Congressman Ryan, who became the only ...
List of entertainers who died during a performance; List of solved missing person cases: post-2000; List of people who disappeared mysteriously: pre-1910; List of people who disappeared mysteriously: 1910–1990; List of people who disappeared mysteriously: 1990–present; List of fatal dog attacks; List of drowning victims; List of deaths from ...