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1964 in Canada
See also:
1963 in Canada
,
other events of 1964
,
1965 in Canada
and the
Timeline of Canadian history
.
Table of contents
1 Events
2 Arts and Literature
3 Births
4 Deaths
Events
April
- Canadians are issued Social Insurance cards for the first time
April 22 -
Saskatchewan
election: Ross Thatcher'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 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
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
October 5
-
Queen Elizabeth II
and Prince Phillip begin an eight-day visit to
Canada
.
November 30
-
John Diefenbaker
launches a fillibuster 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
Grey Cup
:
British Columbia Lions
win 34-24 over the
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Glenn Gould
gives up doing live performances
Governor General
George 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
Awards
See
1964 Governor General's Awards
for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Stephen Leacock Award
: Harry J. Boyle,
Homebrew and Patches Clarke Irwin
Vicky Metcalf Award
: John F. Hayes
Televison
October 4
- Controversial news show
This Hour Has Seven Days
premiers on
CBC
Births
January 10
- Brad Roberts, musician,
Crash Test Dummies
January 31
- Sylvie Bernier, Olympic diver
August 17
-
Colin James
, musician
September 2
-
Keanu Reeves
, actor
Diana Krall
-
Jazz
musician
Gary Barwin
- author
Gloria Reuben - actor
Paul Bernardo
- murderer
Deaths
June 9
-
Lord Beaverbrook
, business tycoon