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From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Bill Dawson; Staff Writer

MARCH

25 YEARS AGO: Sands begins hunger strike

- March 1, 1981 - Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins a hunger strike in prison; he dies 65 days later at age 27. See larkspirit.com/hungerstrikes/bios/sands.html.

60 YEARS AGO: Ho Chi Minh elected

- March 2, 1946 - Ho Chi Minh (left) is elected president of Vietnam. He will rule until his death in 1969. See www.answers.com/topic/ho-chi-minh.

15 YEARS AGO: L.A. police beat Rodney King

- March 3, 1991 - L.A. police arrest and beat Rodney King in an ...

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