1964 In Canada

1963 In Canada ,
Other Events Of 1964 ,
1965 In Canada and the
Timeline Of Canadian History .

INCUMBENTS

Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II

Governor General - Georges Vanier

Prime Minister - Lester B. Pearson

Premier Of Alberta - Ernest Manning

Premier Of British Columbia - W.A.C. Bennett

Premier Of Manitoba - Duff Roblin

Premier Of New Brunswick - Louis Robichaud

Premier Of Newfoundland - Joey Smallwood

Premier Of Nova Scotia - Robert Stanfield

Premier Of Ontario - John Robarts

Premier Of Prince Edward Island - Walter Shaw

Premier Of Quebec - Jean Lesage

Premier Of Saskatchewan - Woodrow Lloyd then W. Ross Thatcher

EVENTS

April - Canadians are issued Social Insurance cards for the first time

's Liberals win a majority, defeating Woodrow Lloyd 's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

March 13 - Canada begins a decades-long peacekeeping mission in Cyprus

March 23 - George Stanley first describes and sketches the proposal for Canada's new flag that is eventually accepted

May 2 - Northern Dancer wins the Kentucky Derby

May 22 - W. Ross Thatcher is sworn in as Premier Of Saskatchewan

May 27 - The Prime Minister unveils the "Pearson Pennant", his preferred, but ultimately unsuccessful, design for a new national flag.

June 15 - The Great Flag Debate begins in the House of Commons.

July 16 - Canada extends its exclusive fishing zone to 12 miles off-shore

Summer - At the Olympic Games held in Tokyo , Japan , Canada wins only a single Gold Medal

September 10 - After almost three months of debate in the Commons, the flag question is referred to an all-party committee.

September 17 - The flag committee meets for the first time.

October 5 - Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip begin an eight-day visit to Canada .

October 22 - The flag committee makes its final selection of the design that will become the national flag.

November 30 - John Diefenbaker launches a filibuster to try to prevent the introduction of a new Canadian flag

December 16 - Bill creating the new Flag Of Canada passed in the House of Commons after much controversy

Canada pulls its peacekeepers out of Zaire

Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs win 4-3 over the Detroit Red Wings

win 34-24 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Glenn Gould gives up doing live performances

Governor General Georges Vanier hosts the "Canadian Conference of the Family"

Innis College founded at the University Of Toronto

ARTS AND LITERATURE

:New books

''Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man'' - Marshall McLuhan

''The Circle Game'' - Margaret Atwood

''The Laughing Rooster'' - Irving Layton

''Flowers for Hitler'' - Leonard Cohen

''The Stone Angel'' - Margaret Laurence

See 1964 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

, ''Homebrew and Patches Clarke Irwin''

October 4 - The controversial news show '' This Hour Has Seven Days '' premieres on CBC

BIRTHS

January 10 - Brad Roberts , musician, Crash Test Dummies

January 31 - Sylvie Bernier , Olympic diver

February 10 - Victor Davis , Olympic swimmer

April 1 - Scott Stevens , hockey player

August 17 - Colin James , musician

September 2 - Keanu Reeves , actor

August 9 - Brett Hull , hockey player

August 17 - Colin James , musician

October 14 - David Kaye , voice actor

October 26 - Marc Lépine , murderer

November 15 - David Caplan , politician

November 16 - Diana Krall - Jazz musician

December 19 - Laurie Kane , golfer

December 27 - Kevin Patterson , writer

Gary Barwin - author

Gloria Reuben - actor

Paul Bernardo - murderer

DEATHS

February 18 – Joseph-Armand Bombardier , inventor of the Snowmobile

June 9 – William Maxwell Aitken , 1st Baron Beaverbrook , Newspaper and Financial tycoon

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