Monday, March 30, 1874. Louis Riel becomes a member of the Canadian Parliament.

Louis Riel, a fugitive under Canadian law, nonetheless was sworn in as a Member of Parliament for Provencher and signed the rolls, after which he slipped out of the city.

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Sunday, March 29, 1874. Birth of a Great American, Lou Hoover.

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Friday, June 8, 1923. Infidelity without desertion.

The House of Commons passed a bill authorizing women to divorce on the grounds of infidelity without having to prove desertion.

The Craven Holding Company purchased Pepsi Cola's trademark and trade secret information out of bankruptcy.

Bryce Canyon National Park, designated a U.S. national monument by President Harding.

Metis leader Ambroise-Dydime Lépine, who had been sentenced to death due to his role in the Red River Rebellion, but whose sentence had been commuted to five years in exile, died at age 83.  He is buried next to his co-rebel, Metis Louis Riel, at the St. Boniface Cathedral in Winnipeg.

Native Americans visited the White House.