Bud Dunn (1918–2001) was a horse trainer who specialized in training and showing Tennessee Walking Horses. Born in 1918 on a farm in Scott County, Kentucky, he later moved to Florence, Alabama, where he owned and operated Bud Stables, a show horse training stable that produced twenty World Championships. He additionally trained and rode two horses who won the World Grand Championship at the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration, a national-level horse show held annually in or near Shelbyville, Tennessee. Dunn's first World Grand Championship came in 1992 with the bay stallion Dark Spirit's Rebel, and the second in 1999 with a son of that stallion, RPM. At the time of RPM's win, Dunn was 81 years old, making him the oldest winning rider on record. For his contributions, he was twice named Trainer of the Year, and was inducted into the Tennessee Walking Horse Hall of Fame and the Lauderdale County Sports Hall of Fame. Dunn's son Steve also became a successful horse trainer, winning two World Grand Championships.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1341:
The Byzantine army proclaimed chief minister John VI Kantakouzenos emperor, triggering a civil war between his supporters and those of John V Palaiologos, the heir to the throne. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_civil_war_of_1341%E2%80%9347
1597:
Twelve Korean ships commanded by Admiral Yi Sun-sin defeated a large Japanese invasion fleet of at least 120 at the Battle of Myeongnyang in the Myeongnyang Strait. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Myeongnyang
1881:
The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, one of the most famous gunfights in the history of the American Old West, took place in Tombstone, Arizona, between Ike Clanton's gang and lawmen led by Wyatt Earp (pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunfight_at_the_O.K._Corral
1944:
World War II: In one of the largest naval battles in modern history, Allied forces defeated the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the seas surrounding the Philippine island of Leyte. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
1994:
Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty settling relations between the two countries and pledging that neither would allow its territory to become a staging ground for military strikes by a third country. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Jordan_peace_treaty
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
superman: 1. (chiefly philosophy) An imagined superior type of human being representing a new stage of human development; an übermensch, an overman. 2. A person of extraordinary or seemingly superhuman powers. 3. (plural supermans) A motorcycling stunt in which the rider releases both hands from the handlebars in mid-air. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/superman
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O, I believe fate smiled and destiny laughed as she came to my cradle know this child will be able laughed as she came to my mother know this child will not suffer laughed as my body she lifted know this child will be gifted with love, with patience and with faith she'll make her way --Natalie Merchant https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Natalie_Merchant