# The TIME Almanac

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| name              = The TIME Almanac
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| language          = [American English](/source/American_English)
| country           = [United States](/source/United_States)
| genre             = [Almanac](/source/Almanac)
| publisher         = [Information Please LLC](/source/Infoplease)
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| image             = TIME Almanac with Information Please.jpg
| caption           = 1998 edition
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| subject           = [General](/source/General_knowledge)
| pub_date          = 1947-2013
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| media_type        = Almanac
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| oclc              = 38222513
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'''''The TIME Almanac''''' was an [almanac](/source/almanac) published in the United States. The almanac was first published in 1947 as the ''Information Please Almanac'' by [Dan Golenpaul](/source/Dan_Golenpaul).<ref>[http://www.learnersonline.com/weekly/archive99/week3/index.htm Information Please<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The name was changed with the 1999 edition when ''[Time](/source/Time_(magazine))'' magazine bought naming rights to the almanac.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.infoplease.com/aboutip.html?type=books Company Overview<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

''Information Please'' was created in 1947 from the host and panelists from the popular [radio show by the same name](/source/Information_Please). The radio show which began in 1938 and consisted of a panel of information experts that answered questions sent in by the public. The fact experts answered questions over the air and when the panelists were not able to give a correct answer they used humor instead. Host [Clifton Fadiman](/source/Clifton_Fadiman) edited and helped publish the first edition in 1947.<ref>[http://www.who2.com/cliftonfadiman.html Clifton Fadiman | Who2 Biographies<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In 1997, the ''Information Please Almanac'' merged with ''Time''. The ''Time Almanac for Kids with Information Please'' was first published in 2000.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

With the 2008 edition the almanac began a partnership with the ''[Encyclopædia Britannica](/source/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica)'', and in 2013, the final edition was published.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}} The ''Time Almanac for Kids'' continues in publication.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}

The almanac contained the following sections:
* "Current Events"
* "U.S. Government and History"
* "U.S. States Statistics"
* "Great Disasters"
* "Awards, Entertainment, and Culture"
* "People"<ref>Brunner, B. (Ed). (2006) ''Time Almanac 2006 with Information Please''. (2006) Boston: Pearson Education Company.</ref>

==Competing books==
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* ''[The World Almanac and Book of Facts](/source/The_World_Almanac_and_Book_of_Facts)''
* ''[The CIA World Factbook](/source/The_World_Factbook)''
* ''[Whitaker's Almanack](/source/Whitaker's_Almanack)''
* ''[The New York Times Almanac](/source/The_New_York_Times_Almanac)''
* ''[Europa World Year Book](/source/Europa_World_Year_Book)''
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==References==
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{{Serial almanacs, factbooks, and yearbooks about world and country news, facts, and statistics}}

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