TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT May 4, 1970
Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire during an anti-war protest at Kent State University, killing four students and wounding nine others.
ON THIS DATE 1904
The United States took over construction of the Panama Canal from the French.
1961
The first group of “Freedom Riders” left Washington, D.C., to challenge racial segregation on interstate buses and in bus terminals.
2020
New York state reported more than 1,700 previously undisclosed coronavirus deaths at nursing homes and adult care facilities.