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Feb 9, 2010 · Photo Credit: David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images. On November 18, 1978, Peoples Temple founder Jim Jones leads hundreds of his followers in a mass murder-suicide at their agricultural commune in...
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John Bruce Goodenough Temple. Birth 14 Jun 1905 - Warminster, Wiltshire, England. Death 8 Apr 1979 - 42 Arundel Road, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa.
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This article is about the Jonestown massacre, which was a mass murder-suicide of members of the Peoples Temple cult in Guyana in 1978. The death toll exceeded 900 people, including some 300 who were under 17 years old. It provides information on Jim Jones, the charismatic but paranoid leader of the cult and his background as well as how he treated ...
The mass murder-suicide of members of the Peoples Temple cult in Guyana, led by Jim Jones. Over 900 people died including 300 children, making it one of the largest mass deaths in American history.
A charismatic but paranoid leader who opened his first church in Indianapolis and later moved to California where he became a respected churchman with thousands of followers. He treated his followers harshly and eventually moved with several hundred to Jonestown, Guyana where he had total autonomy.
While active in humanitarian causes, Jones' treatment of followers was often abusive; many were coerced or brainwashed into signing over their possessions to the church. In November 1978 US Congressman Leo Ryan traveled to inspect activities at Jonestown after rumors that some members were being held against their will and subjected to abuse; five ...
- Alison Eldridge
May 9, 2024 · 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.
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- Where did Jim Jones go to college?Jim Jones attended Indiana University before transferring to Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he graduated in 1961.
- How did Jim Jones die?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...
John Bannister Goodenough ( / ˈɡʊdɪnʌf / GUUD-in-uf; [3] July 25, 1922 – June 25, 2023) was an American materials scientist, a solid-state physicist, and a Nobel laureate in chemistry. From 1986 he was a professor of Materials Science, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, [4] at the University of Texas at Austin.
Peoples Temple, religious community led by Jim Jones (1931–78) that came to international attention after some 900 of its members died at their compound, Jonestown, in Guyana, in a massive act of murder-suicide on November 18, 1978.
The Columbus Ohio Temple is located 150 miles south of Kirtland, Ohio, where the restored Church of Jesus Christ dedicated its first temple in 1836. The temple stands in a wooded area of western Columbus adjacent to a meetinghouse in the Columbus Ohio Stake. The beautiful white marble facing on the exterior was quarried in Spain.
