Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For millions of people, the year 2026 will begin once a crystal-covered ball, 12.5 feet in diameter, makes its descent in New York ...

NEW YORK CITY — One of the time-honored traditions for New Year's Eve is staying up to watch the Times Square ball drop at midnight. But do you know the history of it? If you're like me, you may have ...

The iconic New Year’s Eve ball drop is getting an encore in 2026 — but this time on the Fourth of July. Tourists and New York City locals will take over the streets of Times Square at midnight on ...

The history of the New Year's Eve ball drop in NYC is rooted in East Tennessee Adolph Ochs, who grew up in Knoxville, transformed New Year's Eve with the Times Square ball drop and revolutionized ...

Those viewing the ball drop this year will be in for a special treat. As the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve 2025, the Times Square ball will not only drop once, but twice. This is because ...

For the first time ever, New York’s venerable New Year’s Eve ball drop, a Times Square spectacle every year since 1907, will happen twice in a single year. The Constellation Ball, the ninth and ...

For millions of people, the year 2026 will begin once a crystal-covered ball, 12.5 feet in diameter, makes its descent in New York City's Times Square. New York Times owner Adolph Ochs organized the ...

There are few more iconic experiences on New Year’s Eve than the crystal ball drop in New York City’s famed Times Square. The history of this tradition can be traced back to another “square." Around ...