On November 18, 1978, Peoples Temple founder Jim Jones 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.

Jim Jones (below) was a charismatic churchman who established
the Peoples Temple, a Christian sect, in Indianapolis in the 1950s.         
        
        
        
        
        
        
       

Fitz Duke, who lives in nearby Port
Kaituma village, stands in front of
a nondescript memorial stone, the
only sign of the grisly Jonestown
massacre.

ROSS SIMPSON

Juliette Gordon Low 
(October 31, 1860 – January 17, 1927)

Juliette Gordon Low was the founder of Girl Scouts
of the USA. Inspired by the work of Lord Baden-Powell,
founder of Scout Movement, she joined the Girl Guide
movement in England, forming her own group of Girl
Guides there in 1911.

In 1912 she returned to the States, and the same year
established the first U.S. Girl Guide troop in Savannah,
Georgia. In 1915, the United States’ Girl Guides became
known as the Girl Scouts, and Juliette Gordon Low was
fhe first ever leader. She remained active until the time
of her death.

ROSS SIMPSON

John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982)

Comedian, actor, and musician John Belushi was one
of the seven original cast members of the NBC sketch
comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL) that premiered
October 11, 1975.

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CAMILLE
BOHANNON

Sir George Ivan Morrison is 77 years old today.

Van Morrison, is a Northern Irish singer-
songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose
recording career spans six decades. He has
won two Grammy Awards.