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Fast Facts About the Times Square New Year’s Ball – Daily Flash Briefing

December 31, 2020 by Bautis Financial
Fast Facts About the Times Square New Year’s Ball

Let's celebrate New Year's Eve by reviewing some fun facts about the Times Square New Year's ball tradition.

Here are four New Year’s fast facts about the Times Square ball drop.

  1. The Times Square ball has dropped every year since 1907, with two exceptions: In 1942 and 1943 when New York City was on a dim out during the war.
  2. The tradition of marking time with a ball dropping was started in 1833 In Greenwich, England. There, a ball would drop every day at 1pm, from the top of The Royal Observatory, to coordinate time for sea captains.
  3. Since the start of the times square tradition, there have only been seven balls.
  4. The current crystal ball sits on top of Times Square all year and weighs a whopping 11,875 pounds.

Happy New Year’s Eve from Bautis Financial!

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