The World Almanac and Book of FactsPress Publishing Company (The New York World), 1939 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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... Italy ( REGNO D'ITALIA ) Capital , Rome - Area , 119,744 square miles - Population ( 1936 ) , 42,527.561 The Kingdom of Italy occupies the entire Italian peninsula , stretching from the Alps southeast into the Mediterranean , with the ...
... Italy ( REGNO D'ITALIA ) Capital , Rome - Area , 119,744 square miles - Population ( 1936 ) , 42,527.561 The Kingdom of Italy occupies the entire Italian peninsula , stretching from the Alps southeast into the Mediterranean , with the ...
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... Italian Parliament assembled in February , 1861 , and on March 17. 1861. declared Victor Emmanuel King of Italy . Mantua and Venetia were added in 1866 , an outcome of the Austro - Prussian war . The Papal States were taken possession ...
... Italian Parliament assembled in February , 1861 , and on March 17. 1861. declared Victor Emmanuel King of Italy . Mantua and Venetia were added in 1866 , an outcome of the Austro - Prussian war . The Papal States were taken possession ...
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... Italian Colonies ERITREA LIBYA ( Tripolitania and Cyrenaica ) Foreign Countries - Italy ; Japan The country is rather. all Jews who have taken up residence in Italy since the World War - including Italian citizens - to leave the country ...
... Italian Colonies ERITREA LIBYA ( Tripolitania and Cyrenaica ) Foreign Countries - Italy ; Japan The country is rather. all Jews who have taken up residence in Italy since the World War - including Italian citizens - to leave the country ...
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