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By Jennifer Rosenberg, About.com Guide to 20th Century History since 1997

25th Anniversary of the Jonestown Massacre

Tuesday November 18, 2003
On November 18, 1978 a shocking mass murder/suicide took place in Jonestown, Guyana that left 913 men, women, and children dead - most were followers of the cult leader, Jim Jones. AP writer Bert Wilkinson describes the fading memory of the massacre in Guyana.

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