This Day In History

On January 22, 1905, Russian troop fire on civilians beginning Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Demonstrators led by Father Georgy Gapon were fired upon by soldiers of the Imperial Guard as they marched towards the Winter Palace to present a petition to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.

Estimates of killed and injured protesters vary greatly, but moderate estimates put it around 1,000, killed and/or injured.