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Bloody Sunday, or the Bogside Massacre, was a massacre on 30 January 1972 when British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians during a protest march in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland. Thirteen men were killed outright and the death of another man four months later was attributed to gunshot injuries from the incident.
Jun 19, 2024 · Bloody Sunday, demonstration in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, on Sunday, January 30, 1972, by Roman Catholic civil rights supporters that turned violent when British paratroopers opened fire, killing 13 and injuring 14 others (one of the injured later died).
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Jan 27, 2022 · BBC. Thirteen people were killed and 15 wounded on Bloody Sunday. Thirteen people were shot dead and at least 15 others injured when members of the Army's Parachute Regiment opened fire on civil...
Mar 4, 2020 · On March 7, 1965, 600 civil rights protesters were attacked by white police as they marched from Selma to Montgomery. The incident sparked national outrage and led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Mar 6, 2015 · Learn how the brutal attack on civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama in 1965 sparked national outrage and led to the Voting Rights Act. See photos, videos and eyewitness accounts of the violent clash between state troopers and demonstrators.
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Jul 2, 2021 · It became known as Bloody Sunday and these are the victims: Patrick Doherty. PA. Married father-of-six Patrick Doherty, known as Paddy, was 31 years old when he joined the march. He worked in...
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Jan 30, 2022 · Locals in the city called either Londonderry or Derry, Northern Ireland, are marking 50 years since Bloody Sunday, in which British soldiers fired upon a crowd of protesters in what's now...
