| Source | Chicago Tribune |
|---|---|
| Original Load Date | March 7, 2026, 6 a.m. |
| Last Updated | March 7, 2026, 6 a.m. |
| Original URL | https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/07/today-in-history-bloody-sunday/ |
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Today is Friday, March 7, the 66th day of 2025. There are 299 days left in the
year.
Today in history:
On March 7, 1965, a march by over 500 civil rights demonstrators was violently
broken up at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama; state troopers and a
sheriff’s posse fired tear gas and bea...