Today in History.....
May 4, 1626: Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth & buttons.
May 4, 1970: 28 Ohio National Guardsmen kill four students and wound nine others at Kent State University. The guardsmen had read them the riot act, but the students refused to disperse. So they shot them.
May 4, 1999: A newly-delivered baby falls through a train toilet as it is born near the city of Guangzhou, China. After the fall, a second train speeds over the newborn. The baby is unharmed, but radio announcers are later reprimanded for laughing hysterically as they report the story.
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