On this day in 1886, an unknown assailant threw a bomb into a crowd of police, turning a peaceful labor rally in Chicago into the Haymarket massacre, which resulted in the deaths of seven police officers and many bystanders.
On this day in 1970, the Ohio National Guard opened fire at Kent State University students protesting the United States invasion of Cambodia, killing four and injuring nine.
On this day in 2014, three people were killed and 62 injured in a pair of bombings on buses in Nairobi, Kenya.
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