Article: web search; A MONTHLY LOOK AT ANNIVERSARIES; Churchill makes `curtain' call; Sixty years ago: U.K. leader gives a speech heard `round the world; 25 years ago: Hinckley shoots Reagan.(SOURCE)

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

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