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Famous 1st's On New Years Day!

1673 - First regular mail service between New York and Boston.
1772 - First traveler's checks issued (London England)
1781 - Worlds first iron bridge opens (Across River Severn - England).
1788 - The Times of London began publication. (1785)
1852 - Netherlands began using postage stamps
1852 - First U.S. public bath opened (New York City)
1853 - First horse-drawn fire engine in U.S.
1886 - First Tournament of Roses Parage in Pasadena, CA
1908 - First time ball fell on Times Square Building to announce the New Year
1913 - U.S. Parcel PostService began.
1914 - Worlds first airline (St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line).
1928 - First U.S. air-conditioned office building opened in San Antonio, TX

A State Of Tranquility.

To Experience Great Pleasure Or Delight.

To Hold Dear ~ Cherish ~ To Take Pleasure In.

Births On New Years Day!

1752 - Elizabeth Griscom (Betsy) Ross, Philadelphia, PA, flag maker
1810 - Charles Ellet, Penn's Manor, PA, built first wire-cable suspension
bridge in U.S.
1879 - Edward Morgan Forster, London England novelist(A Room With a View, A Passage to India)
1925 - Matthew "Stymie" Beard Jr., Actor (Our Gang's "Stymie")
1942 - "Country" Joe McDonald, Calif, rock guitarist/vocalist (Joe & the Fish)
1942 - Don Novello,(1943?), Ashtabula OH, comedian (Father Guido Sarducci-SNL)

Events On New Years' Day!

1764 - 8 year old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart played for the Royal Family at
Versailles, France.
1948 - First newsreel in color (Pasadena, CA)
1950 - 'Hopalong Cassidy' debuted on TV
1956 - Carl Perkin's "Blue Suede Shoes" released
1957 - Benjamin Brittens "Prince and the Pauper" premiered in London
1958 - Sammy Davis, Jr. married Loray White
1960 - Johnny Cash gave a free concert at San Quentin Prison
1963 - Beatles began 5 day Scotland tour to promote first record (Love Me Do).
1966 - The final Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet episode is filmed.
1966 - Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sounds of Silence" became #1 hit
1968 - The Blue Velvets changed their name to Creedence Clearwater Revival.
1969 - Marmalade's "OB-La-Di Ob-La-Da" became #1 in the U.K.
1973 - "ABC's Wide World of Entertainment" bebuted on ABC
1975 - "The Dick Cavett Show" last aired on ABC, moved to CBS
1976 - NBC replaced the peacock logo with an "N
1993 - "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman", debuted on CBS
1995 - Melissa Gilbert married Bruce Boxleitner

LINKS

New Years Day Traditions & History

Songs About New Years Eve/Day!

Oh Lang Sy

Television Shows On New Years' Eve!

Dick Clarks' Rockin New Year's Eve Bash

2008 Resolutions To Keep!

To Keep great with Rosebud! :Still Keeping.
To Keep N' Touch with Mary Beth :Yes
To Keep N' Touch with Patty :Yes
To Keep N' Touch with Rebecca :Yes
To Keep N' Touch with Becky :Yes
To Keep N' Touch with Lark :Yes
To Keep N' Touch with Laurie :Yes
To Keep N' Touch with RoseMarie :Yes
To Get me to the Eye Doctor for New Glasses!
To Work on my Websites more. :Continuously
To Keep In My Web Competitions Online! : Continuously
To continue growing back my hair long & thick! Yes.
To cook more with dad :Yes.
To keep in Toastmasters! :Yes.
To Own Cinderella 2 Dreams Come True DVD!
To Own Underdog DVD! :Yes
To Own Ratuolli DVD!
To Own Santa Claus 3 The Escape DVD! :Yes
To Update my Journal. :Finished my Sequel.
To Bind My Journal. :To DO Still.
To Keep good with LDS. :Yes.
To Keep good with LDS Newsletter :Yes.
To Keep My Mind Busy & Try To Understand Myself :Continuously
To Stay at Woods Of Shavano :Yes.
To continue to Read! and to beable to understand it. Yes.
To See Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince.
To Own Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince DVD!
To See Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows.
To Own Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows DVD!
To Finish Reading Book 7 of Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows :Yes
Still Reading Ink Spell Book 2 :Continuously.
Still read Ink Death Book 3
To Own Harry Potter DVD Scene It Game!

2009~Resolutions Still To Keep!!!!!!!!

To Keep great with Naci Louise! :She Was Put To Rest Aug 2,2007.
To Keep great with Rosebud! :Still doing.
To Keep N' Touch with Rebecca :Yes
To Keep N' Touch with Becky :Yes
To Keep N' Touch with Lark :Yes
To Keep N' Touch with Laurie :Yes
To Keep N' Touch with RoseMarie :Yes
To continue to be in Web Competitions :Continuously
To Make More Cross~Stitches :Need Glasses first.
To Work on my Websites more. :Still Updating.
To get my ATM ~ Silver!
To get my CL in Toastmasters!
To be 245 lbs.
To read The Thief Lord.
To read Dragon Rider.
To read When Santa Fell To Earth.
To read Ink Death Book 3.
To see the Movie Ink Heart!
To read Edge Chronicles Book 1 Beyond The Deep Woods.
To read Edge Chronicles Book 2 Strom Chasers.
To organanize my address book : All into 1.
To Keep My Mind Busy & Try To Understand Myself :Still Making Progress.
OR To Eat Christmas Buffet At Downtown Marriot.
OR Go to Austin with Dad on Christmas Day.
Have more Breakfast's on the patio with dad.
To continue to Read! and to beable to understand it. Yes.
To have High Definition & Music Channels. :Would like it on my tv.
To have a Flatscreen Computer Monitor.
To have a Laptop. For when I'm Bedridden.
To go to Vermont.
To go to WDW during Christmas.
To have a ramp to the front door.
To have an automated door opener.

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