The World Almanac and Book of FactsNewspaper Enterprise Association, 1907 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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... Chicago Sep- tember 11 ; the Cherokee strip was opened for public settlement September 16 ; yellow fever became epidemic at Brunswick , Ga . , September 17 ; a disastrous cyclone raged on the Gulf coast of Louisiana , about 2,000 ...
... Chicago Sep- tember 11 ; the Cherokee strip was opened for public settlement September 16 ; yellow fever became epidemic at Brunswick , Ga . , September 17 ; a disastrous cyclone raged on the Gulf coast of Louisiana , about 2,000 ...
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... Chicago , May 30. The Harlem Ship Canal , New York City , was opened with ceremonies July 17. The Cotton States and International Expo- sition at Atlanta was opened , President Cleveland setting the machinery in motion by wire from Gray ...
... Chicago , May 30. The Harlem Ship Canal , New York City , was opened with ceremonies July 17. The Cotton States and International Expo- sition at Atlanta was opened , President Cleveland setting the machinery in motion by wire from Gray ...
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... Chicago celebrated the hundredth anniversary of the first settlement September 26 - October 1 ; a commercial treaty between the United States and China was signed October 8 ; floods in Paterson , N. J. , did $ 3,000,000 damage October 9 ...
... Chicago celebrated the hundredth anniversary of the first settlement September 26 - October 1 ; a commercial treaty between the United States and China was signed October 8 ; floods in Paterson , N. J. , did $ 3,000,000 damage October 9 ...
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... Chicago voted overwhelmingly for municipal ownership of street railways April 5 ; an explosion of powder on the United States battleship Missouri killed twenty - nine men and injured five more April 13 ; Andrew Carnegie established a ...
... Chicago voted overwhelmingly for municipal ownership of street railways April 5 ; an explosion of powder on the United States battleship Missouri killed twenty - nine men and injured five more April 13 ; Andrew Carnegie established a ...
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... Chicago , Ill . Barbers ' International Union , Journeymen . Jacob Fischer , Box 517 , Indianapolis , Ind . Bill Posters and Billers of America , National Alliance . W. J. Murray , Box 74 , Tappan , N. Y , Blacksmiths , International ...
... Chicago , Ill . Barbers ' International Union , Journeymen . Jacob Fischer , Box 517 , Indianapolis , Ind . Bill Posters and Billers of America , National Alliance . W. J. Murray , Box 74 , Tappan , N. Y , Blacksmiths , International ...
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