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* [[April 3]] – Invasion of the Falkland Islands: Argentine forces begin the [[invasion of South Georgia]].{{cite book|author-link=Lawrence Freedman|last=Freedman|first=Lawrence|title=The Official History of the Falklands Campaign: The origins of the Falklands war|publisher=[[Routledge]]|year=2005|isbn=0-7146-5206-7|pages=13–14}} |
* [[April 3]] – Invasion of the Falkland Islands: Argentine forces begin the [[invasion of South Georgia]].{{cite book|author-link=Lawrence Freedman|last=Freedman|first=Lawrence|title=The Official History of the Falklands Campaign: The origins of the Falklands war|publisher=[[Routledge]]|year=2005|isbn=0-7146-5206-7|pages=13–14}} |
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* [[April 17]] – ''[[Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]]'': By Proclamation of the [[Monarchy of Canada|Queen of Canada]] on [[Parliament Hill]], Canada [[patriate]]s its [[constitution]], gaining full political independence from the United Kingdom; included is the country's first [[Entrenched clause|entrenched]] [[bill of rights]].{{cite book|author=Keith Sullivan|title=Education and Change in the Pacific Rim: meeting the challenges|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0I6ZCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA60|date=1 January 1998|publisher=Symposium Books Ltd|isbn=978-1-873927-33-5|pages=60–}} |
* [[April 17]] – ''[[Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]]'': By Proclamation of the [[Monarchy of Canada|Queen of Canada]] on [[Parliament Hill]], Canada [[patriate]]s its [[constitution]], gaining full political independence from the United Kingdom; included is the country's first [[Entrenched clause|entrenched]] [[bill of rights]].{{cite book|author=Keith Sullivan|title=Education and Change in the Pacific Rim: meeting the challenges|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0I6ZCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA60|date=1 January 1998|publisher=Symposium Books Ltd|isbn=978-1-873927-33-5|pages=60–}} |
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* [[April 18]] – The capital city of Salisbury in [[Zimbabwe]] is [[List of renamed places in Zimbabwe|renamed]] to [[Harare]] exactly two years after its independence from the United Kingdom.{{cite web|title=AROUND THE WORLD; Zimbabwe's Capital To Be Renamed Harare|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/19/world/around-the-world-zimbabwe-s-capital-to-be-renamed-harare.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=19 April 1982|access-date=20 April 2026}} |
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* [[April 24]] – German singer [[Nicole (German singer)|Nicole]] wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1982]] (held in Britain) with the song ''Ein Bisschen Frieden''.{{cite book|author1=Kurt Pätzold|author2=Manfred Weissbecker|title=Schlagwörter und Schlachtrufe: aus zwei Jahrhunderten deutscher Geschichte|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQZoAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Militzke|isbn=978-3-86189-270-0|page=136|language=de}} |
* [[April 24]] – German singer [[Nicole (German singer)|Nicole]] wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1982]] (held in Britain) with the song ''Ein Bisschen Frieden''.{{cite book|author1=Kurt Pätzold|author2=Manfred Weissbecker|title=Schlagwörter und Schlachtrufe: aus zwei Jahrhunderten deutscher Geschichte|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQZoAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Militzke|isbn=978-3-86189-270-0|page=136|language=de}} |
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* [[April 25]] – [[Israel]] completes its withdrawal from the [[Sinai Peninsula]] in accordance with the [[Egypt–Israel peace treaty]] of [[1979]]. |
* [[April 25]] – [[Israel]] completes its withdrawal from the [[Sinai Peninsula]] in accordance with the [[Egypt–Israel peace treaty]] of [[1979]]. |
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