Today is a good day to remember the thirteen victims of shootings by the National Guard during anti-war protests at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. Four of the victims died, while a fifth was paralyzed for life. The remaining 8 victims who were shot did not die or receive permanent injuries.
The day before the shootings, Ohio Governor Rhodes gave a press conference at a fire station in Kent calling the student protestors un-American. He also said, "I think that we're up against the strongest, well-trained, militant, revolutionary group that has ever assembled in America." This proved to be false.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings#Legal_action_against_the_guardsmen_and_others
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