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04/05/1970 Kent State shootings

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The Kent State Shootings, Explained | History

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SYND 06/05/1970 KENT STATE UNIVERSITY THE DAY AFTER SHOOTINGS

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The 1970 Kent State massacre

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Kent State shooting anniversary

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Kent State Museum Memorializes 1970 Shooting

The Kent State shootings were the shootings of unarmed college students by members of the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. Twenty-eight guardsmen fired approximately 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis.
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