Bloody Sunday

English Proper noun bloody Sunday en historical A 1905 event in St Petersburg in which as many as 4,000 unarmed citizens were killed by state forces. en historical USA A 1965 event in Selma, Alabama, where peaceful civil rights protesters were brutally beaten by police. en 2009-10-21 Dennis Hevesi Jack Nelson, Journalist, Dies at 80 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/business/media/22nelson.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 w:The New York Times 12 June 2014 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. en Douglas Brinkley Selma’s historic bridge deserves a better name w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2015/03/05/opinions/brinkley-selma-bridge-john-lewis 2015-03-05 So when King – who had been in Atlanta for “Bloody Sunday” – telegrammed Parks about returning to Alabama to take part in a third mass march from Selma to Montgomery, her immediate answer was “Why, of course.” https://web.archive.org/web/20260503014723/https://www.cnn.com/2015/03/05/opinions/brinkley-selma-bridge-john-lewis/ 3 May 2026 en historical British Ireland A 1972 event in Northern Ireland in which 14 civil rights protesters were shot and killed by a British Army regiment. en w:Sunday Bloody Sunday War w:U2 1983 We eat and drink while tomorrow they die / Sunday, Bloody Sunday / The real battle just begun / Sunday, Bloody Sunday en historical Any of many similar events; see Bloody Sunday on Wikipedia for a complete list. Coordinate terms en Selma Sunday 7 March 1965 in Selma, Alabama, USA Related terms en Black Sunday Bloody Monday Bloody Tuesday Bloody Wednesday Bloody Thursday Bloody Friday Bloody Saturday en Calendar