UPI Almanac for Friday, Nov. 18, 2016
Friday, November 18, 2016 - 03:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
By United Press International On Nov. 18, 1978, more than 900 people died in a mass suicide-murder led by the Rev. Jim Jones at the People's Temple commune in Guyana following the slaying of U.S. Rep. Leo Ryan, D-Calif. It was the worst tragedy of its kind in modern history.