The Times Square ball was once a 5-foot creation of iron and wood. Now, it measures 12 feet in diameter and is lit by more ...

The ritual of watching a dazzling ball descend from a pole in Times Square has taken place since the early 20th century, when ...

Time balls date back to the early 19th century, when they signaled the time to passing sailors. Now they’re part of the pomp ...

The dropping of the ball in Times Square to ring in the New Year is an annual tradition watched all over the world. But did you know that the Times Square ball did not drop two years in its history?

It's the first time in 10 years that all 2,688 were replaced at once. Read more about the history of this tradition: ...

It's going down for New Year's Eve 2025! TAG24 learned how a ball drop in Times Square came to be synonymous with ringing in ...

The first Times Square ball dropped in 1907.Universal History Archive/Contributor/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Palmer was inspired by a 19th-century maritime method of timekeeping ...

But how did this New Year’s Eve celebration start, and why do we commemorate the occasion by watching a ball descend down a pole? The Times Square ball first dropped in 1904, and it came into ...

here's a look back at how the tradition started and the Times Square ball's 117-year history. Before the Times Square ball was invented, people would gather downtown at Trinity Church to hear the ...

But how did this New Year’s Eve celebration start, and why do we commemorate the occasion by watching a ball descend down a pole? The Times Square ball first dropped in 1904, and it came into ...