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In this History Rocks the 70's video, brought to you by the History Channel, learn about the Jonestown cult. Congressman Leo J. Ryan goes to investigate on November 14, 1978, which eventually results in Jones sending armed men after Leo J. Ryan.

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    In this History Rocks the 70's video, brought to you by the History Channel, learn about the Jonestown cult. Congressman Leo J. Ryan goes to investigate on November 14, 1978, which eventually results in Jones sending armed men after Leo J. Ryan.

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On November 18, 1978, in what became known as the “Jonestown Massacre,” more than 900 members of an American cult died in a mass suicide-murder under the direction of their leader Jim Jones.

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