Interesting events of 1982

* Queen Elizabeth II signs Canada's newly repatriated constitution and the new Constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms comes into effect.

* John Belushi died of a drug overdose at a Los Angeles hotel.

* Barney Clark received the first artificial heart and lived for 112 days.

* The oil platform Ocean Ranger sinks, killing 84.

* Vic Morrow and 2 child actors killed while filming Twilight Zone: The Movie.

* Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off a live bat during a concert and is hospitalized with rabies.

* The first CD appears.

* Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder release Ebony and Ivory, which was number one for seven weeks.

* Janet Jackson released her first album.

* TV debuts included Late Night with David Letterman, Cagney and Lacey, Family Ties, Knight Rider, Cheers, St. Elsewhere, Newhart.

* Hot at the box office were E.T., Rocky III, On Golden Pond, An Officer and a Gentleman, Gandhi, The Thing, Tootsie, Blade Runner.