Bloody Sunday

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Bloody Sunday

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historical A 1905 event in St Petersburg in which as many as 4,000 unarmed citizens were killed by state forces.
US, historical A 1965 event in Selma, Alabama, where peaceful civil rights protesters were brutally beaten by police. Mr. Nelson covered the Selma-to-Montgomery freedom marches, including Bloody Sunday, on March 7, 1965, when 600 marchers were attacked with billy clubs and tear gas.
Ireland, UK, historical A 1972 event in Northern Ireland in which 14 civil rights protesters were shot and killed by a British Army regiment. We eat and drink while tomorrow they die / Sunday, Bloody Sunday / The real battle just begun / Sunday, Bloody Sunday
historical Any of many similar events; see Bloody Sunday on Wikipedia for a complete list.

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@misc{bloody_sunday_2026,
  title = {Bloody Sunday},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bloody%20sunday},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}