Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday, also known as The Bogside Massacre occurred on January 30, 1972 in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland. During this event 26 unarmed civil rights protesters and bystanders were shot and killed by the British Army. Thirteen males, seven were teenagers, who died immediately or soon after. Two were also injured by being run down by army vehicles. Five of those wounded were shot in the back. In the late 1950's discrimination against the Catholic Minority in electoral boundaries, voting rights, and the allocation of public housing. The public started a non-violent protest which soon escalated to a very small war.