July 23 - Alexandre-Antonin Taché 1823-1894 missionary and first Roman Catholic Bishop of St-Boniface, Manitoba, was born on this day at Trois-Rivières Quebec in 1823. Influential with Louis Riel and the Native tribes and Metis, Taché was instrumental in defusing the Red River Rebellion of 1870. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - July 23,1894 - Arthur Treacher (Veary) actor: National Velvet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Little Princess, Heidi, David Copperfield, The Merv Griffin Show; fast-food chain: Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips; died Dec 14, 1975