"Bloody Sunday" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Bloody Sunday}} Bloody Sunday
  1. (historical) A 1905 event in St Petersburg in which as many as 4,000 unarmed citizens were killed by state forces. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Calendar
    Sense id: en-Bloody_Sunday-en-name-FNlAhznd Disambiguation of Calendar: 18 24 26 32
  2. (historical, US) A 1965 event in Selma, Alabama, where peaceful civil rights protesters were brutally beaten by police. Tags: US, historical Categories (topical): Calendar
    Sense id: en-Bloody_Sunday-en-name-SyW5QfVZ Disambiguation of Calendar: 18 24 26 32 Categories (other): American English
  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. Tags: British, Ireland, historical Categories (topical): Calendar
    Sense id: en-Bloody_Sunday-en-name-yhBAsErv Disambiguation of Calendar: 18 24 26 32 Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 16 55 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 13 67 11 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 10 17 57 15
  4. (historical) Any of many similar events; see Bloody Sunday on Wikipedia for a complete list. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Calendar Related terms: Black Sunday, Bloody Friday, Bloody Monday, Bloody Saturday, Bloody Thursday, Bloody Tuesday, Bloody Wednesday Coordinate_terms: Selma (english: Sunday 7 March 1965 in Selma, Alabama) [US]
    Sense id: en-Bloody_Sunday-en-name-EVk~WAqL Disambiguation of Calendar: 18 24 26 32

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