February 28, 1981 (Saturday)
- 1981 Irish hunger strike: At the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland, IRA member Bobby Sands ate an orange, and then refused to eat again until the inmates were allowed to wear civilian clothing. Other IRA prisoners joined the hunger strike along the way. Sands died on May 5, 1981, and nine other inmates starved themselves to death until the strike was halted in October.
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