Great Canadian Flag Debate the party's election platform in the 1962 and 1963 federal elections. During the election campaign of 1963, Pearson promised that Canada would have a new flag within two years of his election. No previous party leader had ever gone as far as Pearson did, by putting a time limit on finding a new national flag for Canada. The 1963 election brought the Liberals back to power, but with a minority government. In February 1964, a three-leaf design was leaked to the press. At the 20th Royal Canadian Legion Convention in Winnipeg on May 17, 1964, Pearson faced an unsympathetic audience
Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 Italy was represented by 16-year-old Gigliola Cinquetti, with the song '"Non ho l'età", at the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 21 March in Copenhagen. Broadcaster RAI chose the winning song from the 1964 Sanremo Music Festival as their Eurovision entry: the song had been performed twice at Sanremo and Cinquetti was chosen over Patricia Carli as the performer. She would bring Italy its first Eurovision victory in by far the most one-sided contest yet seen. On the night of the final Cinquetti performed 12th in the running order, following Portugal