Company of Berlin, New Hampshire and an influential breeder of Arabian
horses. He was an early advocate for sustainable forest management
practices and his innovations became industry standards. He was
influenced by the Progressive movement, instituting employee benefits at
the Brown Company such as care for injured workers, predating modern
workers' compensation laws. He founded the Maynesboro Stud in 1912 with
bloodstock from American breeders of Arabian horses, also importing
horses from England, France, and Egypt. At its peak, Maynesboro was the
largest Arabian horse farm in the United States. To prove the abilities
of Arabians, he organized a number of endurance races of up to 300
miles, which his own horses won three times. He served as President of
the Arabian Horse Club of America from 1918 until 1939. His 1929 book
The Horse of the Desert is considered an authoritative work on Arabians,
and the designation "Crabbet/Maynesboro/Kellogg" (CMK) denotes specific
modern lines of American-bred Arabian horses. As a Republican, he served
as a presidential elector for New Hampshire in 1924.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Robinson_Brown>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1377:
Pope Gregory XI entered Rome after a four-month journey from
Avignon, returning the Papacy to its original city and effectively
becoming the last Avignon Pope.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_XI>
1893:
Lorrin A. Thurston, along with the Citizens' Committee of
Public Safety led the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the
government of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overthrow_of_the_Kingdom_of_Hawaii>
1946:
The United Nations Security Council, the organ of the United
Nations charged with the maintenance of international peace and
security, held its first meeting at Church House in London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council>
1955:
USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, put to sea
for the first time from Groton, Connecticut, with the message, "Underway
on nuclear power."
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nautilus_(SSN-571)>
2010:
The first spate of violence between Muslims and Christians
began in Jos, Nigeria, and would end in more than 200 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Jos_riots>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
indigent:
Poor; destitute; in need.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/indigent>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
God grant, that not only the Love of Liberty, but a thorough
Knowledge of the Rights of Man, may pervade all the Nations of the
Earth, so that a Philosopher may set his Foot anywhere on its Surface,
and say, "This is my Country."
--Benjamin Franklin
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin>
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