Video: 'Milk/Moscone Assassinations News Compilation'

(Monday, November 27, 1978, 10:40-11:00 a.m. PST; during the Moscone–Milk assassinations) — San Francisco Mayor George Moscone was shot to death in his office at City Hall this morning, and a few minutes later, Supervisor Harvey Milk, the city’s first acknowledged gay official, was shot and killed in an office on the other side of City Hall. Continue reading San Francisco mayor, city supervisor assassinated 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 27 1978) →

Video: 'Seconds from Disaster Jonestown Cult Suicide (Full Documentary)' (Nov. 18, 1978, at 49:12)

(Saturday, November 18, 1978, approximately 5:00 p.m. Atlantic Daylight Time) — American religious cult leader Jim Jones, along with his inner circle, carried out a mass murder-suicide today at his Peoples Temple settlement at Jonestown, Guyana, claiming 918 lives, including over 270 children. Continue reading 918 die in murder-suicide at Jonestown, Guyana 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 18 1978) →

Video: 'Jonestown, Guyana - www.NBCUniversalArchives.com'

(Friday, November 17, 1978, at approximately 6:00 p.m. Atlantic Daylight Time) — U.S. Rep. Leo Ryan of California arrived today in Jonestown, a remote settlement established by the Peoples Temple, an American sect under the leadership of reverend Jim Jones, in north Guyana. Continue reading Rep. Leo Ryan arrives in Jonestown, Guyana this hour 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 17 1978) →