Bloody Sunday
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Bloody Sunday was a 1972 incident in Derry, Northern Ireland, when British soldiers shot and killed unarmed civil rights protesters, becoming one of the most infamous and galvanizing events of the Troubles.
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Target entity: Bloody Sunday Context triple: [The Troubles, significantEvent, Bloody Sunday]
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Peterloo Massacre
The Peterloo Massacre was an 1819 incident in Manchester where cavalry charged into a large, peaceful pro-democracy rally, killing and injuring many protesters and becoming a pivotal moment in British political reform history.
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Battle of the Bogside
The Battle of the Bogside was a major 1969 riot in Derry, Northern Ireland, between Catholic/nationalist residents and the Royal Ulster Constabulary and loyalists, widely seen as a key spark that escalated the conflict known as the Troubles.
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Haymarket affair
The Haymarket affair was an 1886 labor protest and bombing in Chicago that became a pivotal moment in the history of workers’ rights and the labor movement in the United States.
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White Terror
White Terror refers to the campaign of political repression, mass executions, and violence carried out by anti-Bolshevik forces and their allies during the Russian Civil War.
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Hunger strikes of 1981
The Hunger Strikes of 1981 were a pivotal protest by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland, during which several died while refusing food to demand political status and which dramatically intensified international attention on the conflict.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Bloody Sunday Target entity description: Bloody Sunday was a 1972 incident in Derry, Northern Ireland, when British soldiers shot and killed unarmed civil rights protesters, becoming one of the most infamous and galvanizing events of the Troubles.
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A.
Peterloo Massacre
The Peterloo Massacre was an 1819 incident in Manchester where cavalry charged into a large, peaceful pro-democracy rally, killing and injuring many protesters and becoming a pivotal moment in British political reform history.
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B.
Battle of the Bogside
The Battle of the Bogside was a major 1969 riot in Derry, Northern Ireland, between Catholic/nationalist residents and the Royal Ulster Constabulary and loyalists, widely seen as a key spark that escalated the conflict known as the Troubles.
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C.
Haymarket affair
The Haymarket affair was an 1886 labor protest and bombing in Chicago that became a pivotal moment in the history of workers’ rights and the labor movement in the United States.
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D.
White Terror
White Terror refers to the campaign of political repression, mass executions, and violence carried out by anti-Bolshevik forces and their allies during the Russian Civil War.
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E.
Hunger strikes of 1981
The Hunger Strikes of 1981 were a pivotal protest by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland, during which several died while refusing food to demand political status and which dramatically intensified international attention on the conflict.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
event of The Troubles
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massacre ⓘ political repression incident ⓘ shooting incident ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bloody Sunday
ⓘ
surface form:
Bogside Massacre
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| apologyBy |
David Cameron
ⓘ
UK government ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom government
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| apologyDate | 2010-06-15 ⓘ |
| cause | protest against internment without trial ⓘ |
| cityDistrict | Bogside ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Bloody Sunday Memorial in Derry
ⓘ
annual marches in Derry ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| date | 1972-01-30 ⓘ |
| eventType | civil rights march ⓘ |
| hasCulturalDepiction |
The Troubles
ⓘ
surface form:
U2 song "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
Bloody Sunday self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
film "Bloody Sunday" (2002)
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| hasInquiryEndDate | 2010 ⓘ |
| hasInquiryStartDate | 1998 ⓘ |
| inquiryConclusion | killings were unjustified and unjustifiable ⓘ |
| investigatedBy |
Saville Inquiry
ⓘ
Widgery Tribunal ⓘ |
| legalStatusOfVictims | unarmed at time of shooting ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | extensive international media coverage ⓘ |
| notableClericPresent | Edward Daly ⓘ |
| notableVictim |
Gerald Donaghey
ⓘ
Jackie Duddy ⓘ Patrick Doherty ⓘ |
| numberOfPeopleKilled | 14 ⓘ |
| numberOfPeopleShot | 26 ⓘ |
| organisedBy |
Northern Ireland civil rights movement
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surface form:
Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association
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| partOf | The Troubles ⓘ |
| perpetrator | British Army ⓘ |
| perpetratorUnit | 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment ⓘ |
| photographicIcon | image of Fr. Edward Daly waving a bloodied handkerchief ⓘ |
| place |
County Londonderry
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Derry ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| politicalImpact |
strained Anglo-Irish relations
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undermined nationalist trust in British state ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
civil rights movement in Northern Ireland
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internment policy in Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| result |
escalation of The Troubles
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increased support for the Provisional IRA ⓘ international condemnation of British policy in Northern Ireland ⓘ radicalisation of nationalist community in Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| victimDescription |
Catholic civilians
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unarmed civil rights protesters ⓘ |
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Subject: Bloody Sunday Description of subject: Bloody Sunday was a 1972 incident in Derry, Northern Ireland, when British soldiers shot and killed unarmed civil rights protesters, becoming one of the most infamous and galvanizing events of the Troubles.
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