Peoples Temple Peoples Temple Flavor Aid is a soft drink beverage made by Jel Sert, introduced in 1929. It is similar to Kool-Aid. ...more on Wikipedia about "Flavor Aid"
James Warren "Jim" Jones ( May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was the American founder of the Peoples Temple church that developed into a group with cult-like beliefs, power structures and practices. On November 18, 1978, most Peoples Temple members followed Jones' advice to commit mass suicide by drinking poison in their isolated agricultural intentional community called Jonestown, located in the jungle of Guyana. Jones was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head among the 914 corpses there. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jim Jones"
Jonestown, a town in Guyana established by Peoples Temple cult leader Jim Jones, was located about six to eight miles (10 to 12 km) from Port Kaituma ( ). At Jones' directions, the inhabitants committed mass suicide in 1978. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jonestown"
Leo Joseph Ryan, Jr. ( May 5 1925– November 18 1978) was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He served as a U.S. Representative from the 11th Congressional District of California from 1973 until he was killed in Guyana by members of the Peoples Temple shortly before the Jonestown Massacre. ...more on Wikipedia about "Leo Ryan"
The Peoples Temple was a cult that is best known for a mass suicide at Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978. The Temple was founded in 1953, at Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, by Reverend Jim Jones. ...more on Wikipedia about "Peoples Temple"
The Jonestown Carnage: a CIA Crime is a book published by Progress Publishers, USSR. S.F.Alinin, B.G.Antonov and A.N.Itskov jointly authored the book in Russian, which was later translated into English by Nadeshda Burova and Sergei Chulaki. Published in 1987, the book gives a version of the Jonestown episode different from the one given by the US media and government. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Jonestown Carnage"
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