The World Almanac and Book of FactsPress Publishing Company (The New York World), 1937 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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... killed 29,978 in central Italy , Jan. 13 . Panama - Pacific International Exposition open- ed ( San Francisco ) . Feb. 20 ; the Panama- California Exposition was held at San Diego . 1916 Germans attacked , Verdun , Feb. 21-28 ; rebel ...
... killed 29,978 in central Italy , Jan. 13 . Panama - Pacific International Exposition open- ed ( San Francisco ) . Feb. 20 ; the Panama- California Exposition was held at San Diego . 1916 Germans attacked , Verdun , Feb. 21-28 ; rebel ...
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... killed , March 20. at his home , Queens Village , L. I. , N. Y. His wife , Ruth Brown Snyder , and her lover , Henry Judd Gray , married , a corset salesman , of E. Orange , N. J. , confessed , and were convicted , May 9 , of murder ...
... killed , March 20. at his home , Queens Village , L. I. , N. Y. His wife , Ruth Brown Snyder , and her lover , Henry Judd Gray , married , a corset salesman , of E. Orange , N. J. , confessed , and were convicted , May 9 , of murder ...
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... killed . 1930 Floods and rains in the valley of the River Tarn in Southern France , Mch . 5 , killed over 400 , and destroyed 4,000 homes , and also other structures , mostly at Montauban and at Moissac . Fire , April 21 , killed 320 ...
... killed . 1930 Floods and rains in the valley of the River Tarn in Southern France , Mch . 5 , killed over 400 , and destroyed 4,000 homes , and also other structures , mostly at Montauban and at Moissac . Fire , April 21 , killed 320 ...
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