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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... largest Legislature Marriage , divorce laws 307 , 308 590 71 Mountains 179 Museums 498 , 499 600 Name , origin of 176 Descriptive 193 Population ( 1960 , 1790-1950 ) -Merger 88 Explosion ( 1944 ) .160 252 , 254 , 255 Tall structures 601 ...
... largest Legislature Marriage , divorce laws 307 , 308 590 71 Mountains 179 Museums 498 , 499 600 Name , origin of 176 Descriptive 193 Population ( 1960 , 1790-1950 ) -Merger 88 Explosion ( 1944 ) .160 252 , 254 , 255 Tall structures 601 ...
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... largest ( Brazil ) Lake , largest ( Bolivia ) Lakes , notable Merchant fleets Mountain peaks South Carolina- 876 877 867 871-873 .189 .818 Shrine , Nobles of the Mystic.555 .843 .358 , 580 358 887 454 121. 323 Calif ... 178 488 .613 704 ...
... largest ( Brazil ) Lake , largest ( Bolivia ) Lakes , notable Merchant fleets Mountain peaks South Carolina- 876 877 867 871-873 .189 .818 Shrine , Nobles of the Mystic.555 .843 .358 , 580 358 887 454 121. 323 Calif ... 178 488 .613 704 ...
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... largest wholesale market ( after New York , Chicago and Philadel- phia ) , Boston handles over half of all New England output . It is the largest wool market and one of the three largest rubber manufacturing centers in the U. S. It ...
... largest wholesale market ( after New York , Chicago and Philadel- phia ) , Boston handles over half of all New England output . It is the largest wool market and one of the three largest rubber manufacturing centers in the U. S. It ...
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