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The Flag of Canada is a red flag with a white square in its centre, featuring a stylized 11-pointed red maple leaf. Its adoption in 1965 marked the first time a national flag had been officially adopted to replace the Union Flag. The Canadian Red Ensign had been unofficially used since the 1890s and was approved by a 1945 Order-in-Council for use "wherever place or occasion may make it desirable to fly a distinctive Canadian flag". In 1964, Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson appointed a committee to resolve the issue, sparking a serious debate about a flag change. Out of three choices, the maple leaf design by George F. G. Stanley was chosen. The flag made its first appearance on February 15, 1965; the date is now celebrated annually as National Flag of Canada Day. Other flags have been created for use by Canadian officials, government bodies, and military forces. Most of these flags contain the maple leaf motif in some fashion, either by having the Canadian flag charged in the canton, or by including maple leaves in the design. The Royal Union Flag is also an official flag in Canada, used as a symbol of Canada's membership in the Commonwealth of Nations, and of its allegiance to the Crown. The flag forms a component of other Canadian flags, notably the provincial flags of Manitoba and Ontario. (more...)

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1582 - Pope Gregory XIII announced the Gregorian calendar.
1803 - Marbury v. Madison established judicial review in the U.S.
1917 - The Zimmermann Telegram was delivered, complicating World War I.
1999 - Arizona executed German national Karl LaGrand.

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Irish voters reject the Treaty of Lisbon in a referendum, thus putting into question the reform program of the European Union.
Pakistan condemns a United States-led air strike near the border with Afghanistan that allegedly killed 11 Pakistani paramilitary troops, in clashes that also killed eight Taliban militants.
Amid an outbreak of tornadoes and derechos in central and eastern North America, a tornado hits a Boy Scout camp in Iowa, killing four.
Japan's House of Councillors passes a censure motion against Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, the first such motion to be passed since World War II.
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Italian cyclist Marco Pantani died suddenly at a hotel in Rimini, Italy on February 14.
Former Chechen president Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev was killed in an apparent car bomb explosion on February 13.
Former leader of the Canadian liberal party, Claude Ryan, died from stomach cancer on February 9 at age 79.

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