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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... Ship Lady of the Lake , England to Quebec , hit by iceberg ; 215 . -Aug . 30. Ship Amphitrite , bound for Australia with British women convicts , wrecked off Boulogne , France : 128 . grounded on Long Beach , N. Y .; 311 . -May 10 ...
... Ship Lady of the Lake , England to Quebec , hit by iceberg ; 215 . -Aug . 30. Ship Amphitrite , bound for Australia with British women convicts , wrecked off Boulogne , France : 128 . grounded on Long Beach , N. Y .; 311 . -May 10 ...
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... ship Tampa , torpedoed off Eng -- Danish steel 5 - mast cadet auxilliary sailing ship , land ; 118 . -Sept . 30. U. S. ship , Ticonderoga , torpedoed in Atlantic ; 213 . -Oct . 6. Otranto , British ship with U. S. troops , sunk in ...
... ship Tampa , torpedoed off Eng -- Danish steel 5 - mast cadet auxilliary sailing ship , land ; 118 . -Sept . 30. U. S. ship , Ticonderoga , torpedoed in Atlantic ; 213 . -Oct . 6. Otranto , British ship with U. S. troops , sunk in ...
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... ships sailed. Columbus , in 1492 , sailed from Spain ( Palos ) to the Gulf of Mexico in 70 days , Aug. 3 to Oct. 12. The best day's run was 200 miles . His flag- ship was the Santa Maria . The other vessels were the Pinta and the Nina ...
... ships sailed. Columbus , in 1492 , sailed from Spain ( Palos ) to the Gulf of Mexico in 70 days , Aug. 3 to Oct. 12. The best day's run was 200 miles . His flag- ship was the Santa Maria . The other vessels were the Pinta and the Nina ...
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