On this date in 1970, Ohio soldiers shot students of Kent State University who protested the U.S.-Vietnam War, killing four students and wounding nine others.
On this date in 1960, the Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 reconnaissance airplane and captured its pilot, Francis Powers.
On this date in 1992, California residents rioted and caused 54 deaths and damages costing one billion dollars after a trial jury acquitted four Los Angeles police officers of some charges in the beating of Rodney King.
