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Events on Monday 4 May 1970 1
1970Kent State ShootingsOhio National Guard kills four student protestersOhio National Guard troops opened fire on unarmed students protesting the US invasion of Cambodia at Kent State University, killing four and wounding nine. The shootings triggered a nationwide student strike and became a defining image of opposition to the Vietnam War. A photograph of a student kneeling over one of the victims became one of the most reproduced images of the era.