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discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,782 posts) Sun May 3, 2026, 08:47 AM Yesterday

The Kent State shootings (also known as the Kent State massacre) 56 - YEARS AGO TOMORROW

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings

The shootings took place on May 4, 1970, during a rally opposing the expanding involvement of the Vietnam War into Cambodia by United States military forces, as well as protesting the National Guard presence on campus and the draft. Twenty-eight National Guard soldiers fired about 67 rounds over 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom sustained permanent paralysis. Students Allison Krause, 19, Jeffrey Miller, 20, and Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20, died on the scene, while William Schroeder, 19, was pronounced dead at Robinson Memorial Hospital in nearby Ravenna shortly afterward.

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The Kent State shootings (also known as the Kent State massacre) 56 - YEARS AGO TOMORROW (Original Post) discntnt_irny_srcsm Yesterday OP

I'll always remember that day. multigraincracker Yesterday #1

Powerful music Blue Full Moon Yesterday #2

The Beach Boys political commentary The Wizard Yesterday #3

I always remember that, on this date. K&R raccoon 15 hrs ago #4

Oh, I forgot the date But Not the event! electric_blue68 8 hrs ago #5

multigraincracker

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1. I'll always remember that day.

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Original post)

Sun May 3, 2026, 08:54 AM

Yesterday

I was hitching a ride across Ohio and got picked up by the cops. Couldn't figure it out until I got back to Ann Arbor and heard the news. Then I had it figured out.

Blue Full Moon

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2. Powerful music

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Sun May 3, 2026, 09:03 AM

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The Wizard

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3. The Beach Boys political commentary

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Sun May 3, 2026, 09:07 AM

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raccoon

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4. I always remember that, on this date. K&R

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Mon May 4, 2026, 06:40 AM

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electric_blue68

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5. Oh, I forgot the date But Not the event!

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Mon May 4, 2026, 01:22 PM

8 hrs ago

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I was a senior in HS.

Then Jackson State happened a week or two later.

Eta:
Ok, I think (via seeing a totally different post and subject today) I know why I forgot it happened on that date - the later cultural meme "May The Fourth" be with you" re Star Wars ['May the force be with you"] overtook the date for me; but as i said not the event itself.

Eta 2.
It seems the original phrase appeared in a British newspaper May 3rd congratulating Margret Thatcher on her election.
I did not know that [the origin, not Thatcher's election].
Then it was picked up by SW fans.

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