Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball Drops History (UPDATED) (1953-2023)
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Publicado 2022-12-31
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Happy New Year to everyone! I'd like to add that the footage from 1970 to 1981 has audio coming from only one side. This is my fault due to an editing error, I apologise for that. You may turn on "mono audio" on your device if you have the setting to hear sound from both sides for those years.
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Rest in peace, Dick Clarke. May he continue to enjoy counting down the numbers to future years from above us. A true legend.
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The 1981 ball drop was the first ball drop to feature a crowd countdown. The 1993 ball drop was the first ball drop to feature confetti. The 1998 ball drop was the first ball drop to feature fireworks. The 2004 ball drop was the first ball drop to feature the new countdown sound. The 2005 ball drop countdown was 1 second early. The 2006 ball drop countdown moved to the Coca-Cola sign.
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Seeing the old footage makes me long for a time I didn't even exist in. It makes sad knowing that most, if all all of those people celebrating 1953 are gone now. Even though I didn't necessarily know any of them, it just makes me sad knowing their time has come and gone. Having lost friends and family members myself, the first new year without them is always the hardest one. And it's just never the same, knowing that you're experiencing something (for better or worse) that they never got to experience.
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Fun Fact: Times Tower got demolished in late 1965 and it got replaced by the Allied Chemical Tower in 1966
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19:10 As someone not alive in the 90’s, I can’t believe there was a giant animated screen tv before 2000
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40:59 when nobody realized… their lives would change…
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"three... two... one... happy 1953!" 70 years later... "Three... two... one... happy 2023!"
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196th decade (1951–1960) 197th decade (1961–1970) 198th decade (1971–1980) 199th decade (1981–1990) 200th decade (1991–2000) 201st decade (2001–2010) 202nd decade (2011–2020) 203rd decade (2021–2030)
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26:20 This is when I was born! 16 years ago was 2007, Baby‼️💕✨❤
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Everytime I look at these ball drop videos they keep getting better and better!
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The transition from the year label when the ball is dropped is nice.
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12:25 Ok, now the song playing in the background, I be vibing!
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Here is a fact that wasn’t mentioned: 1997–98 was actually the first use of fireworks on the top of the building since before the ball drop began.
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1:58 Imagine that big of a crowd in 2021… 😂
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17:40 Upon hearing that line, I think this may have been the same ball drop from the end of Money Train.
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2004 also marked the debut of the new countdown sound and second year of guy lombordo's auld land syne
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Great job! Love how the year below the description lights up as well :D Just a note for future updates: For 2004, "Lauper" is misspelled.
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Omg the 2000 countdown is still fresh and new to me even to this day because I was used to the 90s so bizarre that 2000 was 2 decades ago
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This was super interesting to the evolving celebrations. Thank you!!
