Today is the 40th anniversary of the Kent State Massacre. It was on Monday, May 4, 1970, that 4 Kent State students were killed by the Ohio National Guard. Students were protesting the United States invasion of Cambodia. When the National Guard started shooting, they shot 67 rounds over 13 seconds, hitting protesters, and innocent bystanders who were watching the protest. The University was closed for 6 weeks following the shooting.
The shots killed 4 students, and injured 9 others. Of the 4 students killed, 2 of them, Allison B. Krause, 19, and Jeffrey Glenn Miller, 20, were actually involved in the protest. The other 2 students, William Knox Schroeder, 19, and Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20, were walking from one class to another.
The largest student protest ever, over 4 million students nationwide, took place at universities, colleges, and high schools across the country.
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