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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

Today in History: Remember the Alamo? (1836) - YouTube

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 Diana Ross 2024 - Aarika Anabelle   
    
    
   

Diana Ross was the lead singer of the vocal group The Supremes,
who became
Motown‘s most successful act during the 1960s and
one of the world’s
best-selling girl groups of all time.

They remain the best-charting female group in history, with a total
of twelve number-one hit singles on the
Billboard Hot 100..

Following her departure from the Supremes in 1970, Ross began
a successful solo music career. Diana is 80 years young today.

Diana Ross & The Supremes* - The No. 1's (2004, CD) | Discogs

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MASS – SUICIDE ON THIS DAY AT JONESTOWN

Psychopath Cult Leader Jim Jones Learned Early - YouTube

On November 18, 1978, Peoples Temple cult founder Jim
Jones
(above) led hundreds of his followers in a mass
murder-suicide at their agricultural commune in a remote
part of the South American nation of Guyana. Many of
Jones’ followers willingly ingested a poison-laced punch
while others were forced to do so at gunpoint. The final
death toll at
Jonestown that day was 909; a third of those
who perished were children.

Jonestown Massacre: 40 years on from Jim Jones mass suicides | Adelaide Now

Mass murder-suicide- - The Jonestown massacre

In American History: Jonestown

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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POPULAR TV SERIES ACHIEVED CULT STATUS

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Kolchak: The Night Stalker is a television series that aired on ABC
during the 1974–1975 season. The series followed
wire service
reporter Carl Kolchak (
Darren McGavin) who investigates
mysterious crimes with unlikely bizarre causes, particularly those
involving  the
supernatural
or science fiction, including fantastic
creatures.


The series was preceded by the two
television movies, The Night
Stalker
(1972) and The Night Strangler (1973). Although the series
lasted only a single season, it rapidly achieved
cult status and has
remained very popular in syndication.

Chris Carter cited Kolchak as a “tremendous influence” in creating
his franchise The X-Files. Following that success in 2005, The X-
Files
producer
Frank Spotnitz resurrected the series with a new cast
and characters, as well as subsequent novels and comic books. The
new series was a ratings bomb and was quietly cancelled after only
six of the ten episodes produced were aired.

 

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Darren McGavin pictured in Los Angeles, circa 1990s. | Photo: Getty Images
Darren McGavin ( William Lyle Richardson)
(May 7, 1922 – February 25, 2006)


  

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MURDER/SUICIDE WAS ON THIS DAY IN 1978

Dead bodies lie around the compound of the People's Temple cult November 18, 1978 after the over 900 members of the cult, led by Reverend Jim Jones, inset. Photos / Getty Images, AP
Dead bodies lie around the compound of the People’s Temple cult.          


On November 18, 1978, a charismatic Peoples Temple founder
Jim Jones 
(inert) lead hundreds of his followers in a mass murder-suicide at their
agricultural commune in a remote part of the South American nation of
Guyana. Many of Jones’ followers willingly ingested a poison-laced punch
while others were forced
 to do so at gunpoint. The final death toll at the
compound that day was 909; a third of those who perished were children.

Bodies lie behind a tub of cyanide-laced punch November 18, 1978 in Jonestown, Guyana. Photo / Getty Images
Bodies lie behind a tub of cyanide-laced punch in Jonestown,
Guyana.

Reverend Jim Jones and his wife, Marceline, taken from a pink photo album left behind in the village in Jonestown, Guyana. Photo / Getty Images
Reverend Jim Jones and his wife, Marceline, taken from a photo
album left behind in the village in Jonestown, Guyana.

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