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William Brown 1839 - 1939

William Brown was born on July 7, 1839, and died at age 100 years old in July 1939. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Brown.
William Brown
July 7, 1839
July 1939
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  • 07/7
    1839

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    July 7, 1839
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  • 07/dd
    1939

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    July 1939
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    William Brown lived 28 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 99.
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In 1839, in the year that William Brown was born, in The Boston Morning Post, on March 23rd, the first recorded use of the word "OK" appeared. A columnist in the paper said this: "The "Chairman of the Committee on Charity Lecture Bells, is one of the deputation, and perhaps if he should return to Boston, via Providence, he of the Journal, and his train-band, would have his 'contribution box,' et ceteras, o.k.—all correct—and cause the corks to fly, like sparks, upward." While this is the first known time that OK appeared in print, where the word came from is still disputed.
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In 1854, he was merely 15 years old when the fashion house Louis Vuitton was founded in Paris by Louis Vuitton Malletier. Beginning with trunks - and soon new ingenious flat topped trunks that could be stacked - the company now produces trunks and leather goods as well as clothing, watches, shoes, jewelry, sunglasses, books and other accessories.
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