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On New Year's Eve, many localities in America mark the beginning of a year through the raising or lowering of an object. Many of these events are patterned off festivities that have been held at New York City's Times Square since 1908, where a large crystal ball is lowered down a pole atop One Times Square (beginning its descent at 11:59:00 p.m. local time, and concluding at midnight). In turn, the event was inspired by the time balls used by ship navigators in the 19th century to calibrate their chronometers.

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  • List of objects dropped on New Year's Eve (en)
  • Новогодний спуск и подъём объектов (ru)
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  • On New Year's Eve, many localities in America mark the beginning of a year through the raising or lowering of an object. Many of these events are patterned off festivities that have been held at New York City's Times Square since 1908, where a large crystal ball is lowered down a pole atop One Times Square (beginning its descent at 11:59:00 p.m. local time, and concluding at midnight). In turn, the event was inspired by the time balls used by ship navigators in the 19th century to calibrate their chronometers. (en)
  • В канун Нового года многие населенные пункты в США используют для обозначения начала нового года спуск или подъём разных объектов. Эти мероприятия проходят по образцу спуска хрустального шара, впервые произведённого в Нью-Йорке на Таймс-сквер в канун 1908 года. Традиция восходит к XIX веку, когда шар времени использовался для калибровки корабельных хронометров. (ru)
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Times_Square_ball.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LebanonBolognaDrop2008.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2012_pickle_drop.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gold_Nugget_Drop.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/La_Grande_Oregon_Ball_Drop.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/New_Year's_Eve_at_Underground.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/New_Year's_Eve_in_Miami_2009.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Playing_card_club_2.svg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Raleigh_Acorn_Drop.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Snooki_in_Chicago_crop.jpg
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