| Y/M/D | Description | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1970/05/04 | Ohio National Guard shoot unarmed college students at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. Over a period of 13 seconds, guardsmen fired at least 61 rounds, killing four students and wounding nine others. | Ohio State Normal College At Kent, Kent, OH |
| 1970/05/15 | Neil Young is inspired to write the lyrics to "Ohio" after seeing John Filo's photos of the Kent State shootings in a Life Magazine, published 15 May 1970, that he received from David Crosby. | |
| 1970/05/21 | Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young record "Ohio" at Plant Studios No 3 in Los Angeles. | |
| 1970/06/00 | "Ohio" is released as a single. The B-side, is Stephen Stills's ode to the war's dead, "Find the Cost of Freedom". | |
| 1997/05/04 | Crosby, Stills and Nash perform at Kent State University's 27th annual commemoration of the 1970 shootings. | Ohio State Normal College At Kent, Kent, OH |
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