The World Almanac and Book of FactsPress Publishing Company (The New York World), 1965 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 183
... Germany ; 3 , Australia . Time - 3 : 33.2 ( world record ) . Relay - 1 , 400 - Meter Medley United States ( Mann , Craig , Schmidt , Clark ) ; 2 , Germany ; 3 , Australia . Time - 3 : 58.4 ( world record ) . 800 - Meter Freestyle Relay ...
... Germany ; 3 , Australia . Time - 3 : 33.2 ( world record ) . Relay - 1 , 400 - Meter Medley United States ( Mann , Craig , Schmidt , Clark ) ; 2 , Germany ; 3 , Australia . Time - 3 : 58.4 ( world record ) . 800 - Meter Freestyle Relay ...
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... Germany . This blockade and a Western counter - blockade were lifted Sept. 30 , 1949 , after British and U. S. planes had airlifted 2,343,315 tons of food and coal into West Berlin . Charter of the Organization of American States was ...
... Germany . This blockade and a Western counter - blockade were lifted Sept. 30 , 1949 , after British and U. S. planes had airlifted 2,343,315 tons of food and coal into West Berlin . Charter of the Organization of American States was ...
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... German Emperor ( Deutscher Kaiser ) . The German Empire reached its peak before World War I in 1914. At that time the home- land comprised 208,780 sq . mi . , and German East war After the Africa had 1,035,086 sq . mi . Germany ceded ...
... German Emperor ( Deutscher Kaiser ) . The German Empire reached its peak before World War I in 1914. At that time the home- land comprised 208,780 sq . mi . , and German East war After the Africa had 1,035,086 sq . mi . Germany ceded ...
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