The World Almanac and Book of FactsPress Publishing Company (The New York World), 1962 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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... Panama independence . Under terms of the 1903 treaty , Panama granted the United States perpetual sovereignty over the Canal Zone to the entire exclusion of the exer- cise by the Republic of Panama of any such sovereign rights , power ...
... Panama independence . Under terms of the 1903 treaty , Panama granted the United States perpetual sovereignty over the Canal Zone to the entire exclusion of the exer- cise by the Republic of Panama of any such sovereign rights , power ...
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Spain Sept. 25 , 1513. Panama was hq . for Pizarro in 1524 , was ravaged by Francis Drake , 1572-95 , and Henry Morgan , 1668-71 . Morgan destroyed old city of Panama , founded in 1519. Panama left Spain for Colombia in 1821 , was ...
Spain Sept. 25 , 1513. Panama was hq . for Pizarro in 1524 , was ravaged by Francis Drake , 1572-95 , and Henry Morgan , 1668-71 . Morgan destroyed old city of Panama , founded in 1519. Panama left Spain for Colombia in 1821 , was ...
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... Panama . Acapulco , Mexico - via Panama . Accra , Ghana .. Adelaide , Australia - via Panama . Aden , Arabia Ajaccio , Corsica .. Alger , Algeria . Amapala , Honduras - via Panama . Amsterdam , Netherlands . Angra , Azores ...
... Panama . Acapulco , Mexico - via Panama . Accra , Ghana .. Adelaide , Australia - via Panama . Aden , Arabia Ajaccio , Corsica .. Alger , Algeria . Amapala , Honduras - via Panama . Amsterdam , Netherlands . Angra , Azores ...
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Swaziland Br S Africa 324 | 34 |
met from Jan 3 through Sept 26 1961 | 47 |
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