What happened on November 19 1978?

Answer 1

On November 19, 1978, a mass suicide occurred at the Jonestown settlement in Guyana, where over 900 members of the Peoples Temple, led by Jim Jones, died by consuming a cyanide-laced drink. This tragic event followed years of increasing control and paranoia by Jones, culminating in a visit from U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan, who was investigating the group. Ryan was assassinated shortly before the mass suicide, which is often referred to as the Jonestown Massacre, marking one of the largest loss of American civilian life in a deliberate act until the September 11 attacks.