Jonestown massacre

mass death of members of the Peoples Temple at Jonestown, Guyana in 1978
Event cult_suicide Q1907560
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Summary

Jonestown massacre is a cult suicide[1]. It draws 1,221 Wikipedia views per month (cult_suicide category, ranking #2 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Jonestown massacre is in the country of Guyana[3].
  • Jonestown massacre's instance of is recorded as cult suicide[4].
  • Jonestown massacre's instance of is recorded as mass murder[5].
  • Jonestown massacre's instance of is recorded as mass suicide[6].
  • Jonestown massacre's instance of is recorded as massacre[7].
  • Jonestown is named after Jonestown massacre[8].
  • The location of Jonestown massacre was Jonestown[9].
  • Jonestown massacre's armament is recorded as poison[10].
  • Jonestown massacre occurred on November 18, 1978[11].
  • Jonestown massacre resulted in {'amount': '+918'} deaths[12].
  • Jonestown massacre resulted in {'amount': '+918'} deaths[13].
  • Jonestown massacre's described by source is recorded as Robert Ray[14].
  • Jonestown massacre's described by source is recorded as History[15].
  • Jonestown massacre's described by source is recorded as Raven[16].
  • Jonestown massacre's perpetrator is recorded as Jim Jones[17].
  • Jonestown massacre's victim is recorded as Don Harris[18].
  • Jonestown massacre's victim is recorded as Leo Ryan[19].
  • Jonestown massacre's victim is recorded as Peoples Temple[20].

Body

When and Where

Jonestown massacre occurred on November 18, 1978[11]. The location of it was Jonestown[9]. It is in the country of Guyana[3].

Context

Recorded instance of include cult suicide[4], mass murder[5], mass suicide[6], and massacre[7].

Outcome and Impact

Recorded number of deaths include {'amount': '+918'}[12]. Things named for Jonestown massacre include Drinking the Kool-Aid[21], a saying[22] and The Brian Jonestown Massacre[23], a musical group[24], founded in 1990[25].

Why It Matters

Jonestown massacre draws 1,221 Wikipedia views per month (cult_suicide category, ranking #2 of 1).[2] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Entities named for it include Drinking the Kool-Aid[21], a saying[22] and The Brian Jonestown Massacre[23], a musical group[24], founded in 1990[25].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . jonestown.sdsu.edu. jonestown.sdsu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . historycollection.com. historycollection.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . history.com. history.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Akashi: nihon no kirisutosha. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 6
    Harper's tag → jonestown-mass-suicide-jonestown-guyana-1978
    Wikipedia languages → ['da', 'de', 'en', 'ga', 'pt', 'ro']
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  2. 9w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → event/Jonestown-massacre, event/Jonestown, question/What-was-the-Jonestown-massacre
    Location → Jonestown
    Named after → Jonestown
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