The World Almanac and Book of FactsPress Publishing Company (The New York World), 1923 The World Almanac and Book of Facts is a US published reference work and conveys information about such subjects as world changes, tragedies, sports feats, etc. It has been published yearly from 1868 to 1875, and again every year since 1886. The first edition of The World Almanac was published by The New York World newspaper in 1868 (the name of the publication comes from the newspaper itself, which was known as The World). Published just three years after the end of the US Civil War and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, its 120 pages of information touched on such events as the process of Reconstruction and the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. Publication was suspended in 1876, but in 1886 newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, who had purchased The New York World and quickly transformed it into one of the most influential newspapers in the country, revived The World Almanac with the intention of making it a compendium of universal knowledge. The World Almanac has been published annually since. |
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... Washington , Federalist , born on a Friday , was the great - grandson of John Washington , who came from Yorkshire , England , with his brother , Andrew , and settled in 1657 on a large tract he bought in Westmoreland County , Virginia ...
... Washington , Federalist , born on a Friday , was the great - grandson of John Washington , who came from Yorkshire , England , with his brother , Andrew , and settled in 1657 on a large tract he bought in Westmoreland County , Virginia ...
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... Washington . Almost the entire activity is governmental , there being regularly employed therein from 100,000 to 120,000 persons . Industrial interest is mostly out- put for local consumption , although there has been effort by some to ...
... Washington . Almost the entire activity is governmental , there being regularly employed therein from 100,000 to 120,000 persons . Industrial interest is mostly out- put for local consumption , although there has been effort by some to ...
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... Washington Monument ( unknown ) , Fort Washington Ave. and 183d St. Fountain ( A. W. Brunner ) , 116th St. and Riverside Drive . Franklin , Benj . , bronze statue ( E. Plassman ) . Printing House Square ; unveiled 1872 . Garibaldi , Gen ...
... Washington Monument ( unknown ) , Fort Washington Ave. and 183d St. Fountain ( A. W. Brunner ) , 116th St. and Riverside Drive . Franklin , Benj . , bronze statue ( E. Plassman ) . Printing House Square ; unveiled 1872 . Garibaldi , Gen ...
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