Kent State shootings
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The Kent State shootings were a 1970 incident in which National Guard troops opened fire on unarmed students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University, killing four and wounding nine others.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kent State shootings canonical | 6 |
| Kent State massacre | 1 |
| May 4 massacre | 1 |
| Prentice Hall parking lot at Kent State University | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1093765 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Kent State shootings Context triple: [Nixon administration, significantEvent, Kent State shootings]
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Colfax massacre
The Colfax massacre was an 1873 episode of racial and political violence in Louisiana in which white supremacists killed dozens of Black freedmen, marking one of the deadliest incidents of Reconstruction-era terror and undermining Black civil rights in the post–Civil War South.
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Watertown, Massachusetts shootout
The Watertown, Massachusetts shootout was the intense armed confrontation in April 2013 between law enforcement and the Boston Marathon bombing suspects that led to one suspect’s death and the manhunt’s dramatic conclusion.
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C.
Waco siege
The Waco siege was a 1993 law enforcement standoff in Texas between U.S. federal agencies and the Branch Davidians religious sect that ended in a deadly fire and remains one of the most controversial operations in modern American policing.
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My Lai massacre
The My Lai massacre was a notorious 1968 atrocity during the Vietnam War in which U.S. soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians, becoming a symbol of the conflict’s brutality and sparking widespread outrage.
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E.
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday was a 1972 incident in Derry, Northern Ireland, when British soldiers shot and killed unarmed civil rights protesters, becoming one of the most infamous and galvanizing events of the Troubles.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Kent State shootings Target entity description: The Kent State shootings were a 1970 incident in which National Guard troops opened fire on unarmed students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University, killing four and wounding nine others.
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A.
Colfax massacre
The Colfax massacre was an 1873 episode of racial and political violence in Louisiana in which white supremacists killed dozens of Black freedmen, marking one of the deadliest incidents of Reconstruction-era terror and undermining Black civil rights in the post–Civil War South.
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B.
Watertown, Massachusetts shootout
The Watertown, Massachusetts shootout was the intense armed confrontation in April 2013 between law enforcement and the Boston Marathon bombing suspects that led to one suspect’s death and the manhunt’s dramatic conclusion.
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C.
Waco siege
The Waco siege was a 1993 law enforcement standoff in Texas between U.S. federal agencies and the Branch Davidians religious sect that ended in a deadly fire and remains one of the most controversial operations in modern American policing.
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D.
My Lai massacre
The My Lai massacre was a notorious 1968 atrocity during the Vietnam War in which U.S. soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians, becoming a symbol of the conflict’s brutality and sparking widespread outrage.
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E.
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday was a 1972 incident in Derry, Northern Ireland, when British soldiers shot and killed unarmed civil rights protesters, becoming one of the most infamous and galvanizing events of the Troubles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-war protest
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historical event ⓘ mass shooting ⓘ political protest ⓘ student protest ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kent State shootings
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surface form:
Kent State massacre
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| cause |
U.S. invasion of Cambodia (1970)
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surface form:
U.S. invasion of Cambodia
protests against the Vietnam War ⓘ |
| city | Kent, Ohio ⓘ |
| commemorationDate | May 4 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalImpact | inspired the song "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ⓘ |
| date | 1970-05-04 ⓘ |
| durationOfFiring | approximately 13 seconds ⓘ |
| investigation | President’s Commission on Campus Unrest ⓘ |
| lawEnforcementBody |
Ohio Air National Guard
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surface form:
Ohio National Guard
|
| legalOutcome |
civil settlements with some victims’ families
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no criminal convictions of Guardsmen ⓘ |
| location | Kent State University ⓘ |
| memorial | Kent State University May 4 Memorial ⓘ |
| memorialSite |
Kent State shootings
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Prentice Hall parking lot at Kent State University
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| notablePhotograph | The iconic image of Mary Ann Vecchio screaming over Jeffrey Miller’s body ⓘ |
| notablePhotographAward |
Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography
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surface form:
Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography
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| numberOfPeopleKilled | 4 ⓘ |
| numberOfPeopleWounded | 9 ⓘ |
| numberOfShotsFired | approximately 67 ⓘ |
| participants | Kent State University students ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Ohio Air National Guard
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surface form:
Ohio National Guard
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| photographerOfNotablePhotograph | John Filo ⓘ |
| relatedConflict | Vietnam War ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | Jackson State killings ⓘ |
| relatedPolicy |
U.S. invasion of Cambodia (1970)
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surface form:
U.S. Cambodian Campaign
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| result |
closure of hundreds of colleges and universities
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increased public opposition to the Vietnam War ⓘ nationwide student strikes ⓘ |
| state | Ohio ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
academic studies
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documentary films ⓘ numerous books ⓘ |
| target | student protesters ⓘ |
| triggeredBy | President Richard Nixon’s announcement of the Cambodian Campaign ⓘ |
| typeOfFirearmUsed | M1 Garand rifles ⓘ |
| victim |
Allison Krause
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Jeffrey Miller ⓘ Sandra Scheuer ⓘ William Knox Schroeder ⓘ |
| year | 1970 ⓘ |
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Subject: Kent State shootings Description of subject: The Kent State shootings were a 1970 incident in which National Guard troops opened fire on unarmed students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University, killing four and wounding nine others.
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