Today in History

May 04, 1970
Four Dead in Ohio
National Guard troops, reacting to what they think is sniper fire, fired 67 shots indiscriminately into the crowd of hundreds of students at a war protest at Kent State University in Ohio. Four die and nine are injured. Witnesses say students, protesting a U.S. military action in Cambodia, were throwing rocks but they heard no sniper shots before the troops fire.



Today's Feature History Article

Flower Child

A Vietnam War protester recalls a seminal '60s image, part of a new book celebrating French photographer Marc Riboud's 50-year career




 



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