The World Almanac and Book of FactsPress Publishing Company (The New York World), 1966 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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... grants and credits take into account all known returns to the U. S. Government , including reverse grants , returns of grants and payments of principal . A minus sign indicates that the total of these returns to the U. S. is greater ...
... grants and credits take into account all known returns to the U. S. Government , including reverse grants , returns of grants and payments of principal . A minus sign indicates that the total of these returns to the U. S. is greater ...
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... Grant made frontal attacks June 3 , lost 7,000 casualties in 30 minutes and about 11,000 June 1-3 . USS Kearsarge , Capt . John A. Winslow , defeated CSS Alabama , Capt . Rafel Semmes , off Cher- bourg , France , June 19 ; Alabama ...
... Grant made frontal attacks June 3 , lost 7,000 casualties in 30 minutes and about 11,000 June 1-3 . USS Kearsarge , Capt . John A. Winslow , defeated CSS Alabama , Capt . Rafel Semmes , off Cher- bourg , France , June 19 ; Alabama ...
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... Grant Ulysses Simpson Grant , 18th President , Repub- lican , was born at Point Pleasant , O. , Apr. 27 , 1822 , son of Jesse R. Grant , a tanner . The next year the family moved to Georgetown , O. Grant's mother was Hannah Simpson ...
... Grant Ulysses Simpson Grant , 18th President , Repub- lican , was born at Point Pleasant , O. , Apr. 27 , 1822 , son of Jesse R. Grant , a tanner . The next year the family moved to Georgetown , O. Grant's mother was Hannah Simpson ...
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