W. R. Brown (1875–1955) was an American corporate officer of the Brown 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.

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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

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

indigent: Poor; destitute; in need. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/indigent

___________________________ 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