Canada became a kingdom in its own right on that date, but the British Parliament kept limited rights of political control over the new country that were shed by stages over the years until the last vestiges were surrendered in 1982 when the Constitution Act patriated the Canadian constitution.

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began transmission on 2 November 1982.

Geoffrey Crawley, editor of the British Journal of Photography, undertook a " major scientific investigation of the photographs and the events surrounding them ", published between 1982 and 1983, " the first major postwar analysis of the affair ".

The composition of the Constitution of Canada is defined in subsection 52 ( 2 ) of the Constitution Act, 1982 as consisting of the Canada Act 1982 ( including the Constitution Act, 1982 ), all acts and orders referred to in the schedule ( including the Constitution Act, 1867, formerly The British North America Act, 1867 ), and any amendments to these documents.

The patriation of the Canadian constitution was achieved in 1982 when the British and Canadian parliaments passed parallel acts: the Canada Act, 1982 ( 1982, c. 11 ), in London, and the Constitution Act, 1982, in Ottawa.

In UK, the parallel act passed simultaneously by the British parliament was called the Canada Act 1982.

As a bilingual act of parliament, the Canada Act 1982 has the distinction of being the only legislation in French that has been passed by an English or British parliament since Norman French ceased to be the language of government in England.

# Constitutional entrenchment of an otherwise statutory English, British, or Canadian document because of subject matter provisions in the amending formula of the Constitution Act, 1982, such as provisions with regard to the monarchy in the English Bill of Rights 1689 or the Act of Settlement 1701.

* 1982 – Droppin Well bombing: The Irish National Liberation Army detonate a bomb in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven British soldiers and six civilians.

* 1982 – Marty Feldman, British comedian, writer and actor ( b. 1933 )

* Sir Mark Evelyn Heath-Diplomat, British Ambassador to Chad ( 1975 – 1978 ), the first British Ambassador to Holy See ( 1982 – 1985 ) and Head of Protocol for the Hong Kong Government ( 1985 – 1988 ).

Although it had been funding British experimental films as early as 1952, the British Film Institute's foundation of a production board in 1964 — and a substantial increase in public funding from 1971 onwards — enabled it to become a dominant force in developing British art cinema in the 1970s and 80s: from the first of Bill Douglas's Trilogy My Childhood ( 1972 ), and of Terence Davies ' Trilogy Childhood ( 1978 ), via Peter Greenaway's earliest films ( including the surprising commercial success of The Draughtsman's Contract ( 1982 )) and Derek Jarman's championing of the New Queer Cinema.

Mainstream British cinema also reflected a change in attitudes, with Heat and Dust ( 1982 ), Gandhi ( 1982 ) and Cry Freedom ( 1987 ), although these did not directly address the experiences of minorities in Britain.

* 1910 – Douglas Bader, British pilot ( d. 1982 )

In 1982, British courts recognised prior art by Peter Chilvers, who as a young boy on Hayling Island assembled his first board combined with a sail, in 1958.

He is a graduate of the Amphibious Warfare School ( 1968 ); the Army Command and General Staff College ( 1976 ); and the National War College ( 1982 ).

He began recording around Los Angeles in 1982 as a member of the Radio Crew, and also Uncle Jam's Army.

* 1982 – Lynndie England, former U. S. Army reservist, associated with Abu Ghraib

In August 1982, mutineers in the Seychelles Army, maintaining loyalty to Rene but in revolt against alleged conditions in the service, took over the radio station.

While in exile, his brother Jama Mbeki, a supporter of the rival Pan Africanist Congress, was killed by agents of the Lesotho government in 1982 while attempting to assist the Lesotho Liberation Army.

HEMTT trucks first went into service with the U. S. Army in 1982, as a replacement for the M520 Goer.

* Steven J. Zaloga: The Polish Army 1939 – 1945, Osprey Publishing, 1982, ISBN 978-0-85045-417-8.

Starting in late 1982, a number of IRA and Irish National Liberation Army ( INLA ) men were shot dead by the RUC.

Putschist generals still alive in November 1982 were reintegrated into the Army by another amnesty law: Raoul Salan, Edmond Jouhaud, and six other generals benefited from this law.

It was built in 1982 by the Indian Army.

* Mario Jamal Thomas Distinguished leader in th U. S. Army currently serving in Afghanistan ( 1982 – Present )

Another positive note for the city is that Crystal Lake is the city where the tradition of giving gold coins to the Salvation Army anonymously began in 1982.

On 21 April 1982, after a landmine killed an Israeli officer while he was visiting a South Lebanese Army gun emplacement in Taibe, Lebanon, the Israeli Air Force attacked the Palestinian-controlled coastal town of Damour, killing 23 people.

Liu Huaqing (; October 1916 – January 14, 2011 ) was the Commander of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy from 1982 through 1988, and is considered to been responsible for its modernization efforts.

On 20 July 1982 in the Hyde Park and Regents Park bombings, two bombs linked to the Provisional Irish Republican Army caused the death of eight members of the Household Cavalry and the Royal Green Jackets and seven horses.

I Corps remained in Korea as a two-division formation until 1971 when it was reduced to zero strength and was replaced in 1982 by the Third Republic of Korea Army ( TROKA ).

*( BAFTA awards ): Best Light EntertainmentNominated: 1970 Dad's ArmyBest Light Entertainment Production1971 Dad's Army ( With Team ) Nominated: 1971 Up Pompeii! Best Situation Comedy SeriesNominated: 1973 Dad's ArmyNominated: 1974 Dad's ArmyBest Situation Comedy Nominated: 1975 Dad's Army Nominated: 1977 Are You Being Served? Desmond Davis Award1982 Lifetime Achievement AwardBest Comedy SeriesNominated: 1982 Hi-de-Hi! Nominated: 1983 Hi-de-Hi! Nominated: 1985 Hi-de-Hi! Nominated: 1986 ' Allo ' Allo! Nominated: 1987 ' Allo ' Allo! Nominated: 1988 ' Allo ' Allo! Nominated: 1989 ' Allo ' Allo!

Huyton is also home to the 55th ( Merseyside ) HQ Squadron of the 33rd ( Lancashire and Cheshire ) Signal Regiment, British Territorial Army, Royal Corps of Signals, as well as an Air Training Corps, the 1982 ( Huyton ) Squadron.

He served in the United States Army from 1966 to 1969, and as an officer in the United States Army Reserve from 1982 to 1989.

Around 1975, Israel sponsored the creation of a surrogate force, Lebanese Christian ( Melkite ) Major Saad Haddad was the first officer to defect from the Lebanese Army to ally himself with Israel., a defection which led to the formation of the pro-Israel Free Lebanon Army, based in a corridor, the " Security Zone " along Lebanon's southern border from 1982 after Israel's invasion of Lebanon.

The first album to be released on CD was Billy Joel's 52nd Street, that reached the market alongside Sony's CD player CDP-101 on October 1, 1982 in Japan.

In 1982, Eastwood directed and starred alongside his son Kyle in Honkytonk Man, based on the eponymous Clancy Carlile's depression-era novel.

Returning to acting in 1982, she took to the stage alongside James MacArthur in a theatre tour of Lunch Hour by Jean Kerr.

* Tron ( 1982 ) — In the wide screen version of the film, when Flynn and Lora sneak into Encom, a CDC 7600 is visible in the background, alongside a Cray-1.

In 1980, smaller 5-peso coins were introduced alongside 20 pesos and ( from 1982 ) 50 pesos in cupro-nickel.

Other early users of the TR-808 include Australian producer Mark Moffatt, with his studio project, the Monitors ( 1981 ), and Indian musician Charanjit Singh, who used it alongside a Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer to produce music resembling acid house in his 1982 album Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat.

In 1982 / 3, a new Fonserannes water slope was built for barges alongside the lock staircase, too, though it is now out of service.

In 1982, Draper also published an English translation of the complete poetic works of the 19th Century German poet Heinrich Heine, the fruit of three decades of work conducted alongside his better-known political activity.

The company held the London weekend franchise from 1955 until 1968, when London Weekend Television took over, and from 1956 until 1982 in the Midlands region, initially weekdays only alongside ABC, before becoming full-time from 1968.

Novak became a regular panel member of The McLaughlin Group in 1982, starring alongside McLaughlin as well as Novak's personal friends Al Hunt and Mark Shields.

In 1982, Young and his children appeared on a British Rail poster alongside Jimmy Savile to promote new measures to allow people to take their bicycles on trains more easily.

He appeared alongside Paul Sorvino, Glynnis O ' Connor and Don Johnson in the 1982 film Melanie.

Among his earliest interior work for DC was a chapter in Justice League of America # 200 ( Mar, 1982 ) alongside industry legends-and artistic heroes-Joe Kubert, Carmine Infantino and Gil Kane as well as Jim Aparo, George Pérez and Dick Giordano.

There are two series of Talking Heads, six monologues in each, along with an earlier ( 1982 ) play, A Woman of No Importance, which, while not released alongside Talking Heads, generally fits into the canon.

Zadora starred alongside Stacy Keach and Orson Welles in the 1982 film version of James M. Cain's novel Butterfly, whose plot revolved around father-daughter incest.

Between 1982 and 1984, Boyd also fronted Central Television's Saturday morning kids TV show The Saturday Show alongside Isla St Clair and followed this with Saturday Starship in 1985 ( co-presented by Bonnie Langford ).

In 1982, Stewart Brothers Wet Whisker began serving espresso based beverages alongside other coffee products.

The Cutlass Supreme parted mechanical company with the rest of the Cutlass line in 1982, when continuing high sales convinced GM to continue production of its rear wheel drive mid-size cars alongside the new V6-powered, front-wheel drive A-body, known as the Cutlass Ciera.

In 1977, Scully began his first of two spells calling baseball for CBS Radio, broadcasting the All-Star Game through 1982, and the World Series from 1979 – 1982 alongside Sparky Anderson.

After graduating, he made his first television appearance in 1982 and starred alongside Leonard Rossiter in Joe Orton's play Loot at the Lyric Theatre in London in 1984 ; Rossiter died during a performance while in his dressing room.

Land Rover took over production of the V8 engine in 1982, moving it from the main BL engine plant at Acock's Green into a new, much lower-capacity production line in the Solihull works, where it was built alongside the other Land Rover engines.

The booming success of video games at the time led to music magazine Billboard listing the 15 top-selling video games alongside their record charts by 1982.

He starred in the popular RTÉ children's programme Wanderly Wagon alongside Eugene Lambert and Nora O ' Mahoney from 1968 – 1982, playing a number of different characters and writing many of the scripts.