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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... Grant & Ward , with which firm ex - President Grant was said to be connected . General Grant borrowed $ 150,000 from William H. Vanderbilt to avert the crash , and lost his savings . The Grants had much sympathy , and mortgaged all ...
... Grant & Ward , with which firm ex - President Grant was said to be connected . General Grant borrowed $ 150,000 from William H. Vanderbilt to avert the crash , and lost his savings . The Grants had much sympathy , and mortgaged all ...
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... Grant . The successful blowing up of Flood Rock , near Hallett's Point , East River , New York , by Gen. John Newton , U. S. A. , in October , thus removing a dangerous menace to navigation , was a noted engineering feat of the year ...
... Grant . The successful blowing up of Flood Rock , near Hallett's Point , East River , New York , by Gen. John Newton , U. S. A. , in October , thus removing a dangerous menace to navigation , was a noted engineering feat of the year ...
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... Grant , but on April 13 Mr. Quinton and other British officials were murdered and mutilated at Manipur . By order of President Hippolyte there were many executions in Hayti on June 8. A British naval force landed at Mitylene on ...
... Grant , but on April 13 Mr. Quinton and other British officials were murdered and mutilated at Manipur . By order of President Hippolyte there were many executions in Hayti on June 8. A British naval force landed at Mitylene on ...
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... Grant Monument , New York City , with imposing ceremonies April 27. The Chinese Government notified the United States of its disapproval of Henry W. Blair , American Minister , April 28. The new Car- negie Music Hall in New York City ...
... Grant Monument , New York City , with imposing ceremonies April 27. The Chinese Government notified the United States of its disapproval of Henry W. Blair , American Minister , April 28. The new Car- negie Music Hall in New York City ...
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... Grant Monument in New York April 27 ; the bridge across the Mississippi River at Memphis was opened with ceremonies May 12 ; Dr. Parkhurst's crusade against vice in New York , fol- lowing his denunciation of New York City officials as ...
... Grant Monument in New York April 27 ; the bridge across the Mississippi River at Memphis was opened with ceremonies May 12 ; Dr. Parkhurst's crusade against vice in New York , fol- lowing his denunciation of New York City officials as ...
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