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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Page 166
... died April 4 , 1841. He was buried in North Bend , O. Reference : Old Tippecanoe , by Freeman Cleaves . MRS . WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON Mrs. Anna Symmes Harrison , daughter of Col. John Cleves Symmes , chief justice of the New Jersey ...
... died April 4 , 1841. He was buried in North Bend , O. Reference : Old Tippecanoe , by Freeman Cleaves . MRS . WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON Mrs. Anna Symmes Harrison , daughter of Col. John Cleves Symmes , chief justice of the New Jersey ...
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... ( Died July 9 , 1850 ) 1852 Franklin Pierce ( D ) .. 1,601,474 254 1856 James C. Buchanan ( D ) 1,927,995 174 1860 Abraham Lincoln ( R ) 1,866,352 180 1864 ( Died April 15 , 1865 ) 1868 Ulysses S. Grant ( R ) . 1872 Ulysses S. Grant ( R ) ...
... ( Died July 9 , 1850 ) 1852 Franklin Pierce ( D ) .. 1,601,474 254 1856 James C. Buchanan ( D ) 1,927,995 174 1860 Abraham Lincoln ( R ) 1,866,352 180 1864 ( Died April 15 , 1865 ) 1868 Ulysses S. Grant ( R ) . 1872 Ulysses S. Grant ( R ) ...
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... ( Died April 4 , 1841 ) 647,231 178 687,502 219 2,216,067 212 1828 1832 1836 1840 762,678 170 1,275,017 234 1844 James K. Polk ( D ) .. 1,337,243 170 1848 Zachary Taylor ( W ) 1,360,101 163 ( Died July 9 , 1850 ) 1852 Franklin Pierce ( D ) ...
... ( Died April 4 , 1841 ) 647,231 178 687,502 219 2,216,067 212 1828 1832 1836 1840 762,678 170 1,275,017 234 1844 James K. Polk ( D ) .. 1,337,243 170 1848 Zachary Taylor ( W ) 1,360,101 163 ( Died July 9 , 1850 ) 1852 Franklin Pierce ( D ) ...
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