Jonestown was the informal name for the "Peoples Temple Agricultural Project", an intentional community in northwestern Guyana formed by the Peoples Temple, a cult from California, United States, led by Jim Jones. It became internationally notorious in November 1978, when 918 people died in the settlement as well as in a nearby airstrip and in Georgetown, Guyana's capital. The name of the settlement became synonymous for the incidents at those locations. On November 18, 1978, 909 Temple members died in Jonestown, all but two from apparent cyanide poisoning in an event termed "revolutionary suicide" by Jones and some members on an audio tape of the event and in prior discussions. To the extent the actions in Jonestown were viewed as a mass suicide, it is the largest such event in modern history and resulted in the largest single loss of American civilian life in a unnatural disaster until the events of September 11, 2001. The poisonings in Jonestown followed the murder of five others by Temple members at a nearby Port Kaituma airstrip. The victims included Congressman Leo Ryan, the first Congressman murdered in the line of duty in the history of the United States. they were forced to drink cyanide and even put it in purple cool aid so that the kids would drink it!!!
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It became internationally notorious in November 1978, when 918 people died in the settlement as well as in a nearby airstrip and in Georgetown, Guyana's capital. The name of the settlement became synonymous for the incidents at those locations. On November 18, 1978, 909 Temple members died in Jonestown, all but two from apparent cyanide poisoning in an event termed "revolutionary suicide" by Jones and some members on an audio tape of the event and in prior discussions.
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Jonestown happened on 1978-11-18.
The address of the Jonestown Community Library is: 18649 Fm 1431 Ste 10A, Jonestown, 78645 3465
The phone number of the Jonestown Community Library is: 512-267-7511.
Koolaid Moustache in Jonestown was created in 1997.
Jim Jones has written: 'The Jonestown massacre' -- subject(s): Jonestown Mass Suicide, Jonestown, Guyana, 1978
The Jonestown Defense - 2011 was released on: USA: 2011
Jonestown - D-Sisive album - was created on 2009-11-18.
Jonestown - Sofia Talvik album - was created on 2008-07-01.
The Brian Jonestown Massacre band was formed in the year 1988. The Brian Jonestown Massacre band was created in the city of San Francisco, located in the state of California.
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