Bloody Sunday

English

Proper noun

Bloody Sunday

1. (historical) A 1905 event in St Petersburg in which as many as 4,000 unarmed citizens were killed by state forces.
2. (historical, US) A 1965 event in Selma, Alabama, where peaceful civil rights protesters were brutally beaten by police.
3. (historical, British, Ireland) A 1972 event in Northern Ireland in which 14 civil rights protesters were shot and killed by a British Army regiment.
   • 1983, “Sunday Bloody Sunday”, in War, performed by U2:

     We eat and drink while tomorrow they die / Sunday, Bloody Sunday / The real battle just begun / Sunday, Bloody Sunday

4. (historical) Any of many similar events; see Bloody Sunday on Wikipedia for a complete list.

Coordinate terms

• Selma (Sunday 7 March 1965 in Selma, Alabama, USA)

Related terms

• Black Sunday
• Bloody Friday
• Bloody Monday
• Bloody Saturday
• Bloody Thursday
• Bloody Tuesday
• Bloody Wednesday