This Day in History: The new red and white maple leaf design was inaugurated as the flag of Canada on this day in 1965. It replaced the Union Flag and the Canadian Red Ensign. At noon, the new banner was raised first on the Peace Tower of the Parliament Building in Ottawa.
Red is the most popular color, appearing on over 75% of national flags of the world. White is found on 70% of the world’s flags and blue is used by almost half of all the national flags in the world.
The oldest flag in the world is the flag of Denmark.
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