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Crete, Indiana
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Jones speaks at Laurel Street Tabernacle, an Assemblies of God Pentecostal church in Indianapolis
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The Temple moves to Ukiah, California. Jones believed California to be a "safe zone" in the event of nuclear war, where racial equality could grow.
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The Peoples' Temple opens a second congregation, in San Francisco.
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The Peoples Temple is granted a lease from the government of Guyana.Jones begins urging his followers to move to Jonestown.
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Congressman Leo Ryan and a group of concerned relatives travel to Jonestown on a fact-finding mission.
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While preparing to leave from an airstrip, a truck carrying armed Temple guards opens fire. Ryan, three journalists and a Temple member are killed. Following the attack, Jones calls his congregation together, telling them they are being forced to commit "revolutionary suicide" by the outside world. The Temple members line up to drink a fruit drink mixed with potassium cyanide. 913 people died.
