William Robinson Brown (January 17, 1875 – August 4, 1955) was a corporate officer of the Brown Company and a breeder of Arabian horses. He advocated 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 that predated 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 several endurance races, which his horses won three times. He served as the president of the Arabian Horse Club of America from 1918 until 1939. His 1929 book The Horse of the Desert is an authoritative work on Arabians. A Republican, he served as a presidential elector for New Hampshire in 1924.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1893:

Lorrin A. Thurston and the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety led the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani (pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overthrow_of_the_Hawaiian_Kingdom

1945:

World War II: Australian troops advanced along the northern part of Bougainville Island (in present-day Papua New Guinea) and began fighting Japanese forces in the Battle of Tsimba Ridge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tsimba_Ridge

1948:

Indonesian National Revolution: The Renville Agreement between the Netherlands and Indonesian republicans was ratified, in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to resolve disputes arising from the Linggadjati Agreement of 1946. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renville_Agreement

1999:

In Little Saigon, California, a series of protests began when the owner of a video rental store displayed an image of Ho Chi Minh. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-Tek_incident

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

sun dog: A bright spot in the sky, usually one of two on a parhelic circle on both sides of the sun (or occasionally above and below it), caused by the refraction of the sun's image through ice crystals. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sun_dog

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor Liberty to purchase power.   --Benjamin Franklin https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin