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Bloody Sunday: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date January 30, 1972
Location Londonderry • Northern Ireland
Context history of Northern Ireland • the Troubles

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British soldiers and armored vehicles stand behind a barricade on a debris-strewn street in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, with civilians gathered in the distance before the Bloody Sunday shooting.
British paratroopers detain a group of civilians with hands raised against a wall during Bloody Sunday in Londonderry, Northern Ireland; Denis Bradley and Terrence O'Keefe stand on the left.
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British soldiers and armored vehicles stand behind a barricade on a debris-strewn street in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, with civilians gathered in the distance before the Bloody Sunday shooting.
Bloody Sunday
January 30, 1972
Destruction of the Mulberry Bush
Birmingham pub bombings
November 21, 1975
Omagh bombing
Omagh bombing
August 15, 1998