Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday can refer to any of (in chronological order):
Bloody Sunday, Russia, January 22, 1905 (January 9 by the Julian calendar). A massacre of demonstrators in peaceful crowd, partly inspired by Father Gapon, gathered to sing songs and present a memorandum to Tsar Nicholas II that was critical of the Tsarist government and believed that he was personally unaware of their plight. The troops opened fire, and hundreds died.
Bloody Sunday (Ireland 1920), Ireland: November 21, 1920. British forces open fire on spectators and players during a football match at Dublin's Croke Park following the assassinations of twelve British agents carried out by the Irish Republican Army during the previous night. See also: Black and Tans
Bromberg Bloody Sunday, said to have taken place on September 3 1939 in territory referred to as the Polish Corridor. There are claims and counter-claims regarding these events of atrocities committed by Poles on Germans, and Germans on Poles.
Bloody Sunday (1965), USA: March 7, 1965. Police violence against civil rights marchers.
Bloody Sunday (Northern Ireland 1972), Northern Ireland: January 30, 1972. A day of violence in Derry in Northern Ireland, during which British Army fired on an unarmed crowd, killing 13 people. It is currently the subject of a new public inquiry under three international judges. See also: Northern Ireland and Widgery tribunal
