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The year the two founding members met
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The year "Human Individual Metamorphosis/Total Over comers Anonymous" (Heavens Gate) was founded. -
Around the late 70s the religion changed its name to "Heavens Gate".
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A core group of a few dozen members stopped recruiting to live a life devoted to spiritual work
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Bonnie Nettles dies from cancer, which changed their views on how to reach heaven. Their original idea was they would ascend in a UFO while still alive, this event made them believe the the soul goes to heaven after one dies. -
This date marks the death of 39 members of the religion, including the death of the other founder, Marshall Applewhite. The group committed a mass suicide, after leaving a final message stating the arrival of comet Hale-Bopp has brought closure to the group.