TODAY IN HISORY
Today’s highlight:
On May 4, 1970, Ohio Nation al Guardsmen opened fire during an antiwar protest at Kent State University, killing four students and wounding nine others.
On this date
In 1776, Rhode Island declared its freedom from England, two months before the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
In 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago, a labor demonstration for an eighthour work day turned into a deadly riot when a bomb exploded.
In 1904, the United States took over construction of the Panama Canal from the French.
In 1932, mobster Al apone, convicted of income-tax evasion, entered the federal penitentiary in Atlanta. (Capone was later transferred to Alca- traz Island.)
In 1942, the Battle of the Coral Sea, the first naval clash fought entirely with carrier aircraft, began in the Pacific during World War II. (The outcome was considered a tactical victory for Japan, but ultimately a strategic one for the Allies.)
In 1945, during World War II, German forces in the Netherlands, Denmark and northwest Germany agreed to surrender.
CIn 1961, the first group In 2020, New York state of “Freedom Riders” left reported more than 1,700 Washington, D.C., to chal- previously undi closed lenge racial segregation on coronavirus deaths at nurs- interstate buses and in bus ing homes and adult care terminals. facilities . ... Struggling fash
In 1998, Unabomber The- ion brand J.Crew became odore Kaczynski was given the first major retailer to four life sentences plus 30 file for bankruptcy protec- years by a federal judge in tion since the start of the Sacramento, California, pandemic . ... Former Miami under a plea agreement Dolphins coach Don Shula that spared him the death died at 90; he’d won more penalty. games than any other NFL
In 2001, Bonny Lee Bak- coach. ley, wife of actor Robert Blake, was shot to death as she sat in a car near a restaurant in Los Angeles. (Blake, accused of Bakley’s murder, was acquitted in a criminal trial but found liable by a civil jury and ordered to pay damages.)
In 2006, a federal judge sentenced Zacarias Moussaoui to life in prison for his role in the 9/11 attacks, telling the convicted terrorist, “You will die with a whimper.”
In 2011, President Barack Obama said he had decided not to release death pho- tos of Osama bin Laden because their graphic nature could incite vio- lence and create national security risks. Offic als told The Associated Press that the Navy SEALs who’d stormed bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan shot and killed him after they saw him appear to lunge for a weapon.
ithat his newly hired attorney Rudy Giuliani needed to “get his facts straight” about the hush money paid to porn actress Stormy Daniels just before the 2016 election; Giuliani had earlier said that Trump knew about the payment to Daniels made by his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, and that Trump had paid Cohen back . ... The Connecticut Supreme Court overturned the murder conviction of Kennedy cousin Michael Ten years ago: National Skakel in the 1975 bludgeonRifle Association leaders ing death of Martha Moxtold members during a ley in Greenwich, finding meeting in Houston that that Skakel’s trial attorney the fight against gun con- had failed to present evitrol legislation was far from dence of an alibi. (The U.S. over, and vowed that none Supreme Court later left in in the organization would place the Connecticut high ever have to surrender court ruling.) ... Los Angetheir weapons . ... A limles Angels slugger Albert ousine taking nine women Pujols got his 3,000th hit, to a bachelorette party reaching the mark with a erupted in flames on the broken-bat single against San Mateo-Hayward Bridge the Seattle Mariners. over San Francisco Bay, killing five of the passengers, including the bride- to-be . ... Orb powered to a 2 1/2-length victory on a sloppy track to win the Kentucky Derby. Floyd Mayweather came back from a year’s absence to win a unanimous 12-round deci- sion over Robert Guerrero in their welterweight title fight in Las Vegas.
sFive years ago: President Donald Trump suggested
One year ago: Complaining that the West was “stuffing Ukraine with weapons,” Russia pounded railroad stations and other supply-line points across the country, as the European Union moved to further punish Moscow for the war by proposing a ban on oil imports, a crucial source of revenue. Heavy fighting also raged at the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol . ... Donald Trump Jr., oldest son of former President Jacksons) is 72. Singer-acDonald Trump, met with tor Pia Zadora is 71. R&B the congressional commit- singer Oleta Adams is 70. tee investigating the 2021 Violinist Soozie Tyrell (Bruce riot at the U.S. Capitol . ... Springsteen and the E Street Comedian Dave Chappelle Band) is 66. Country singer was tackled during a per- Randy Travis is 64. Actor formance at the Hollywood Mary McDonough is 62. Bowl in Los Angeles. Secu- Comedian Ana Gasteyer is rity guards chased and over56. Actor Will Arnett is 53. powered the attacker. Rock musician Mike Dirnt (Green Day) is 51. Contemporary Christian singer Chris Tomlin is 51. TV personality and fashion designer Kimora Lee Simmons is 48. Sports reporter Erin Andrews is 45. Singer Lance Bass (‘N Sync) is 44. Actor Ruth Negga is
42. Rapper/singer Jidenna is
38. Actor Alexander Gould is
29. Country singer RaeLynn is 29. Actor Amara Miller is
23. Actor Brooklynn Prince (Film: “The Florida Project”) is 13.
Today’s Birthdays: Katherine Jackson, matri- arch of the Jackson musical family, is 93. Jazz musician Ron Carter is 86. Pulitzer Prize-winning political com- mentator George Will is 82. Pop singer Peggy Santiglia Davison (The Angels) is 79. Actor Richard Jenkins is 76. Country singer Stella Par- ton is 74. Actor-turned-cler- gyman Hilly Hicks is 73. Singer Jackie Jackson (The