Today is the 323rd day of 2020. There are 43 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1978: A total of 912 people die in Jonestown, Guyana, after People's Temple cult leader Jim Jones convinces most followers to kill themselves by drinking cyanide-laced punch. Others are shot to death or forcibly poisoned.OTHER EVENTS1626: St Peter's Basilica in Rome is consecrated by Pope Urban VIII.
