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* 17 August - An inquiry opens in the
Moss Side riots.
* 20 August - The tenth IRA hunger
striker, Michael Devine, dies in
prison.
* 20 August - Inflation has fallen to
10.9% - the lowest under this
government.
* 20 August - Minimum Lending Rate
ceases to be set by the Bank of
England.
* 24 August - Mark David Chapman is
sentenced to 25 years to life in
prison for killing John Lennon.
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