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3 days ago · Coordinates: 31°35′45″N 96°59′17″W. The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, [7] [8] [9] [10] was the siege by U.S. federal government and Texas state law enforcement officials of a compound belonging to the religious cult known as the Branch Davidians between February 28 and April 19, 1993. [11] .
3 days ago · There are currently two Amish settlements in South American nations: Argentina and Bolivia. The majority of Old Order settlements are located in Bolivia. The first attempt by Old Order Amish to settle in Latin America was in Paradise Valley, near Galeana, Nuevo León, Mexico, but the settlement lasted from only 1923 to 1929.
3 days ago · Jonestown, location of the mass murder-suicide of the California-based Peoples Temple cult at the behest of their charismatic but paranoid leader, Jim Jones, in Jonestown agricultural commune, Guyana, on November 18, 1978.
- Alison Eldridge
- Jonestown was a remote compound in Guyana built by Peoples Temple cult leader Jim Jones. With little interference from the Guyanese government, Jon...
- The Jonestown massacre was a mass murder-suicide of the Peoples Temple cult at the behest of their leader, Jim Jones, in 1978. After cult members a...
- More than 900 people died in the Jonestown massacre, including some 300 who were age 17 or under. It is one of the largest mass deaths in American...
- Jim Jones was the leader of the Peoples Temple cult who initiated a mass murder-suicide at the Jonestown compound in Guyana. He opened his first ch...
- Jim Jones orchestrated the mass murder-suicide of Peoples Temple cult members on November 18, 1978.
Jun 18, 2024 · Who are the Amish? Where are Amish communities located in North America? What is the difference between Amish and Mennonite beliefs? How do the Amish dress? Why do the Amish not use electricity? Amish, member of a Christian group in North America, primarily the Old Order Amish Mennonite Church.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 18, 2024 · In the 1960s, the group evolved into an urban commune of three or four hundred people, with patients living with other patients, leading creative, polyamorous lives.
Jun 18, 2024 · Hippie, member of a countercultural movement during the 1960s and ’70s that rejected the mores of mainstream American life. The movement originated on college campuses in the United States, although it spread to other countries. Read here to learn more about the lifestyle and beliefs of hippies.
2 days ago · The vastness of the North American continent, and the variety of its climates, ecology, vegetation, fauna, and landforms, led ancient peoples to coalesce into many distinct linguistic and cultural groups.
