May 4, 1970 –
28 Ohio National Guardsmen read protesting students of Kent State the riot act, but the students, as was their wont, did not disperse. So they shot them.
The Guardsmen killed four students and wounded nine others at Kent State University on this date. Neil Young later memorialized the sad incident in the song Ohio.
A very odd bit of trivia: this tragic event in American history led to the formation of Devo, as Mark Mothersbaugh and Jerry Casale were both on campus and horrified by the events.
And so it goes
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