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Times Square
Times Square is a major commercial intersection in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets...
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1904
4.8.1904
Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after ''The New York Times''.
12.31.1904
The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in New York, New York.
1908
1.1.1908
For the first time, a ball is dropped in New York City's Times Square to signify the start of the New Year at midnight.