61. The Ireland Hunger Strike
Bobby Sands, pictured here, was a member of the IRA. He had been imprisoned in Maze Prison in Belfast for an uprising against the British government during a period of upheaval known as The Troubles. When the British government removed the Special Category status of him and his fellow prisoners, he began a hunger strike that led to his and nine other deaths from starvation. Riots and more recruitment for the NRA followed against British troops in 1981 in Northern Ireland.
