The World Almanac and Book of FactsPress Publishing Company (The New York World), 1942 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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... estimated at £ 4,900,000 ; expenditures £ 7,587,658 . Northern Rhodesia , was taken over by the British government from the British South Africa Company ( 1924 ) and established as a Crown Colony . The capital is Lusaka . Its area is ...
... estimated at £ 4,900,000 ; expenditures £ 7,587,658 . Northern Rhodesia , was taken over by the British government from the British South Africa Company ( 1924 ) and established as a Crown Colony . The capital is Lusaka . Its area is ...
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... estimated at $ 13,525,616 ; expenditures , $ 15,449,965 . Sites on Newfoundland were leased to the United States ( 1940 ) for use as defense bases . Labrador the most easterly part of the Ameri- can continent , comprising 110,000 square ...
... estimated at $ 13,525,616 ; expenditures , $ 15,449,965 . Sites on Newfoundland were leased to the United States ( 1940 ) for use as defense bases . Labrador the most easterly part of the Ameri- can continent , comprising 110,000 square ...
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... estimated , 1,000,000 square miles - Population , estimated , 10,000,000 The Arabians occupy a peninsula in the south- west corner of Asia which is bounded on the north by Iraq and Transjordania and enclosed on the other three sides by ...
... estimated , 1,000,000 square miles - Population , estimated , 10,000,000 The Arabians occupy a peninsula in the south- west corner of Asia which is bounded on the north by Iraq and Transjordania and enclosed on the other three sides by ...
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