P114 BEEBFAX 122 Thu 31 Dec --:--/--                                    * 5 April - Falklands War: Royal Navy  task force sets sail to the Falklands  from Portsmouth.  * 7 April - Britain declares a  200-mile "exclusion zone" around the  Falklands.  * 17 April - By Proclamation of the  Queen of Canada on Parliament Hill,  Canada repatriates its constitution,  granting full political independence  from the United Kingdom; included is  the country's first entrenched bill of  rights.     100-Contents 101-Headlines   Next       Prev       Home        End