The Peoples Temple Timeline

By paigeshortsleeves

  • Jim Jones is born in Crete, Indiana.

    Jim Jones is born in Crete, Indiana.
    The Jonestown Institute. "Rainbow Family". Photograph. Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple Part Two. Investigative Notes, 02 July 2011. Web. 17 January 2013.

  • Opening of The Peoples Temple

    Opening of The Peoples Temple
    Wings of Deliverance Church is opened as the Peoples Temple. California Historical Society. "People's Temple". Photograph. Peoples Temple. Foundsf, 1970s. Web. 17 January 2013.

  • Jones envisions a nuclear holocaust in Chicago and Indianapolis

    Jones envisions a nuclear holocaust in Chicago and Indianapolis
    admin2. "Atomic Bomb Facts: Fat Man". Photograph. 10 Interesting Atomic Bomb Facts. In Fact Collaborative, 28 November 2011. Web. 17 January 2013.

  • Peoples Temple moves from Indiana to California.

    Peoples Temple moves from Indiana to California.
    California Historical Society. "Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple". Photograph. The American Experience on PBS. TV Guide, 1988. Web. 17 January 2013.

  • Jones arrested in a movie theater in L.A. for homosexual acitivity.

    Jones arrested in a movie theater in L.A. for homosexual acitivity.
    Charges were dropped and the record was sealed.
    California Historical Society. "Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple". Photograph. The American Experience on PBS. TV Guide, 1988. Web. 17 January 2013.

  • Peoples Temple submits application for lease of a property known as Jonestown in Guyana.

    Peoples Temple submits application for lease of a property known as Jonestown in Guyana.
    Mosedschurte. "Jim Jones Award Dinner". Photograph. About Jonestown. The Jonestown Report, 10 October 2011. Web. 17 January 2013.

  • Guyana Government signs land lease for 3852 acres of land.

    Guyana Government signs land lease for 3852 acres of land.
    Kinsolving, Tom. Photograph. Cult Expert On Jonestown. 15 November 2010. Web. 17 January 2013.

  • "Inside Peoples Temple" is published in New West Magazine with allegations of abuse.

    "Inside Peoples Temple" is published in New West Magazine with allegations of abuse.
    This launched the exodus of Temple members to Guyana.
    Time. Photograph. The Signs of the Second Coming of Jesus. Jesus Will Return, 3 May 1993. Web. 17 January 2013.

  • Concerned Relatives issue an Accussion of Human Rights Violation by Jim Jones

    Concerned Relatives issue an Accussion of Human Rights Violation by Jim Jones
    "Jim Jones, Founder of the Peoples Temple". Photograph. Corbis Corporation. Unexplained Stuff, n.d. Web. 17 January 2013.

  • Carlton Goodlett, Temple supporter and physician, visits Jonestown and recommends medical treatment for Jones.

    Carlton Goodlett, Temple supporter and physician, visits Jonestown and recommends medical treatment for Jones.
    Wong, Nancy. "Jim Jones". Photograph. Jonestown... A CIA Mind Control Experiment? Chronicle, 1977. Web. 17 January 2013.

  • Representative Leo Ryan announces his intentions to visit Jonestown

    Representative Leo Ryan announces his intentions to visit Jonestown
    Kohl, Laura. "And Then They Were Gone". Photograph. Peoples Temple Photo Gallery. CHS, n.d. Web. 17 January 2013.

  • US Embassy officials go to Jonestown and note the deterioration of Jones.

    US Embassy officials go to Jonestown and note the deterioration of Jones.
    Robinson, Greg. "Jim Jones, Founder of the Peoples Temple". Famous Final Four Alums. The Associated Press, n.d. Web. 17 January 2013.

  • 600 Jonestown residents sigh the Resolution of Community which opposed Ryan's visit.

    600 Jonestown residents sigh the Resolution of Community which opposed Ryan's visit.
    Dieckman, Josef. "Sign, Sign, Everywhere's the Sign". Photograph. Jonestown Report. Alternate Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple, 14 May 2012. Web. 16 January 2013.

  • Leo Ryan and four others are assassinated while twelve are wounded at the Port Kaituma Airstrip

    Leo Ryan and four others are assassinated while twelve are wounded at the Port Kaituma Airstrip
    Kahalas, Laurie Efrein. Photograph. Jonestown: Dismantling the Disinformation. New Dawn Magazine, March-April 1999. Web. 17 January 2013.

  • 911 people die from murder/suicide in Jonestown.

    911 people die from murder/suicide in Jonestown.
    Associated Press. Photograph. A Defector Recalls his time with Peoples Temple. Cleveland, 18 November 2008. Web. 17 January 2013.