May 4th, four killed during the anti -war protest at Kent State University

Today is Sunday, May 4th, the 124th day of 2025. There are 241 days a year.

Today in history:

On May 4, 1970, the National Guardsmen in Ohio opened the fire on student demonstrators during an anti -war protest at Kent State University, killed four students and wounded nine others.

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In 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago, a work demonstration for an 8-hour working day turned into a fatal uprising when a bomb exploded and killed seven police officers and at least four civilians.

In 1904 the United States took over the construction of the Panama Canal from France.

In 1942 the Battle of the Coral Sea, the first marine climb, began completely with carrier aircraft, in the Pacific during the Second World War. (The result was seen as a tactical victory for Japan, but ultimately a strategic victory for the Allies.)

In 1961 the first group of “Freedom Riders” left Washington, DC to challenge the racial regulation on inter -state buses and in bust terminals.

In 1998, theodore Theodore Kaczynski received four lifelong prison terms plus 30 years from a federal judge in Sacramento, California, as part of a plea contract that had spared the death penalty.

In 2006, a federal judge Zacaria's Moussaoui sentenced to life in prison for his role in the attacks on September 11th and told the convicted terrorist: “You will die with a whimper.”

President Barack Obama said in 2011 that he decided not to publish Osama Bin Laden's death photos because her graphic nature could stimulate violence and create national security risks. Officials told the Associated Press that the Navy seal that Bin Laden stormed in Pakistan had shot him after seeing that he reached for a gun.

In 2023, the former proud boys leader Enrique Tarrio and three other members of the right-wing extremist group were convicted of a conspiracy to attack the US Capitol to keep Donald Trump in power after the Republican lost the 2020 presidential election. (Tarrio was later sentenced to 22 years in prison, but was pardoned by Trump on January 20, 2025, the first day of Trump's second term.)

Today's birthdays:

Jazz musician Ron Carter is 88.
The political commentator George Will, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, is 84.
Actor Richard Jenkins is 78.
Country singer Randy Travis is 66.
Comedian Ana Gasteyer is 58.
The actor Will Arnett is 55.
Basketball Hall of Famer Dawn Staley is 55.
Rock musician Mike Dirnt (Green Day) is 53.
Designer and TV personality Kimora Lee Simmons is 50.
The Sportscaster/TV presenter Erin Andrews is 47.
Singer Lance Bass (NSYNC) is 46.
Actor Ruth Negga is 44.
Golfer Rory McIlroy is 36.

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