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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... former British Straits Settlements colonies of Penang Island and Malacca . It occupies the Malay Peninsula in South- east Asia , bounded on the North by Burma and Thailand , on the East and South by the South China Sea , with Singapore ...
... former British Straits Settlements colonies of Penang Island and Malacca . It occupies the Malay Peninsula in South- east Asia , bounded on the North by Burma and Thailand , on the East and South by the South China Sea , with Singapore ...
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... former Southern Territories , since Aug. 7 , 1957 , form the two Saharan Departments of Oases and Saoura , with area of 767,435 sq . mi . and popu- lation ( est . ) of 820,000 . They presently are admin- istered separately from Algeria ...
... former Southern Territories , since Aug. 7 , 1957 , form the two Saharan Departments of Oases and Saoura , with area of 767,435 sq . mi . and popu- lation ( est . ) of 820,000 . They presently are admin- istered separately from Algeria ...
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... former British protectorate of British Somaliland and the former Italian UN trustee- ship of Somalia in eastern Africa , bordered on North by Gulf of Aden , East and South by the Indian Ocean , West by Kenya ( Br . ) , and Ethi- opia ...
... former British protectorate of British Somaliland and the former Italian UN trustee- ship of Somalia in eastern Africa , bordered on North by Gulf of Aden , East and South by the Indian Ocean , West by Kenya ( Br . ) , and Ethi- opia ...
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