Today is Tuesday, May 4, the 124th day of 2010. There are 241 days left in the year.
Today’s highlight:
On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire during an anti-war protest at Kent State University, killing four students and wounding nine.
On this date:
In 1945, during World War II, German forces in the Netherlands, Denmark and northwest Germany agreed to surrender.
In 1961, a group of “Freedom Riders” left Washington, D.C. for New Orleans to challenge racial segregation on interstate buses and in bus terminals.
In 2000, prosecutors rested their case in the molestation trial of Michael Jackson, who ended up being acquitted.
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