The World Almanac and Book of FactsNewspaper Enterprise Association, 1908 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 61
... September 11. Fire partially destroyed the famous palace of the Alhambra in Spain September 16. The Portuguese Cabinet resigned September 17. In Ireland , Home Rulers John Dillon and William O'Brien were arrested for advising tenants ...
... September 11. Fire partially destroyed the famous palace of the Alhambra in Spain September 16. The Portuguese Cabinet resigned September 17. In Ireland , Home Rulers John Dillon and William O'Brien were arrested for advising tenants ...
Page 72
... September 6 ; there were strained relations in Crete between the Turks and the warships of the Powers September 9-14 ; General Kitchener took possession of Fashoda and raised the British flag over it , despite the presence of the French ...
... September 6 ; there were strained relations in Crete between the Turks and the warships of the Powers September 9-14 ; General Kitchener took possession of Fashoda and raised the British flag over it , despite the presence of the French ...
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... September 7 , 1903. Standing hop , step , and jump , without weights - 30ft , 3in . , J. Cosgrove , Albany , N. Y. , April 25 , 1894 , With weights - 31ft , 7in . , W. W. Butler , Boston , June 18 , 1886. Running hop , step . and jump ...
... September 7 , 1903. Standing hop , step , and jump , without weights - 30ft , 3in . , J. Cosgrove , Albany , N. Y. , April 25 , 1894 , With weights - 31ft , 7in . , W. W. Butler , Boston , June 18 , 1886. Running hop , step . and jump ...
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