The World Almanac and Book of FactsPress Publishing Company (The New York World), 1969 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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Selective Service System ; Military Selective Service Act Source : Selective Service System , Washington , D. C. Legislation providing for Selective Service has been in effect continuously since 1948. The induction provisions of the ...
Selective Service System ; Military Selective Service Act Source : Selective Service System , Washington , D. C. Legislation providing for Selective Service has been in effect continuously since 1948. The induction provisions of the ...
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... Service - Roy W. Lennartson . Agric . Research Service - G . W. Irving , Jr. , admin . Agric . Stabilization & Conserv . Service - Kenneth Frick , admin , Commodity Credit Corp. - John A. Schnittker , pres . Commodity Exch . Auth ...
... Service - Roy W. Lennartson . Agric . Research Service - G . W. Irving , Jr. , admin . Agric . Stabilization & Conserv . Service - Kenneth Frick , admin , Commodity Credit Corp. - John A. Schnittker , pres . Commodity Exch . Auth ...
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... Service . LORAN Long - range navigation . ARPA ARS Advanced Research Projects Agency . Agricultural Research Service . MA Maritime Administration . MAC Military Airlift Command . BDSA BEC BLS Business and Defense Services Adm . Bureau ...
... Service . LORAN Long - range navigation . ARPA ARS Advanced Research Projects Agency . Agricultural Research Service . MA Maritime Administration . MAC Military Airlift Command . BDSA BEC BLS Business and Defense Services Adm . Bureau ...
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At the beginning of 1969 insurance companies writing health | 2 |
Year | 78 |
Average remaining lifetime | 96 |
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