New Years Eve in Times Square

New York City's Times Square is the site of one of the celebrated New Year's Eve gatherings in the world. First held on December 31, 1907, the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration is centered around the ball drop which attracts nearly a million spectators annually.  Today we feature photos of Times Square New Year's Eve celebrations through the years.

NYC NEW YEARS 1950

Three quarters of a million people crowd into Times Square, in New York, Dec. 31, 1949, to welcome in the New Year. (AP Photo)

New Years Eve

Fireworks erupt to signal the New Year, 2011, in Times Square in New York, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Times Square New Years Eve

Revelers wend their way in New York's Times Square to ring in the New Year, Jan. 1, 1942. An estimated half million turned out to celebrate. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman)

Times Square Confetti Test

Taxis driving down Seventh Avenue are strewn with confetti tossed during an "air worthiness test" of the confetti used during Monday's New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square seen Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

New Years Times Square Ball

Workers attach the last pieces of Waterford crystal to the 2008 New Year's Eve ball in Yonkers, N.Y. on Monday, Nov. 10, 2008. This year's ball is 12 feet in diameter - double last year's, weighs 11,875 pounds and is lit by more than 32,000 LEDs shining through 2,668 pieces of crystal. As opposed to the previous ones, this will remain on the top of Times Square providing a year-round attraction. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

NYC NEW YEARS 1999 PREP

Electricians Brian Sperazza, left, and Carlos Freire replace burned out bulbs on the Times Square New Year's Eve ball in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 1998 during a dress rehearsal for tomorrow night's New Year's Eve festivities. A tradition originated by The New York Times in 1907, the lowering of the lighted ball in Times Square has become a universal symbol of ushering in the New Year. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

NYC NEW YEARS 1999

Fireworks erupt behind the ball drop to mark the New Year in Times Square Friday, Jan. 1, 1999, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Revelers Steven MacWithey, 26, and Lauren MacWhithy, 24, of Las Vegas, share a kiss at midnight on New Years Eve in Times Square, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, in New York. Some revelers, wearing party hats and "2012" glasses, began camping out Saturday morning, as workers readied bags stuffed with hundreds of balloons and technicians put colored filters on klieg lights. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

New Years Eve

Workers begin cleaning up the aftermath of Time Square's New Years Eve celebrations, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2011, in New York. Revelers erupted in cheers amid a confetti-filled celebration in New York's Times Square to welcome in the new year, part of star-studded celebrations and glittering fireworks displays around the world to usher in 2012. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

APTOPIX New Years Eve NYC

Revelers cheer behind police barricades in Times Square in anticipation of midnight on New Year's Eve, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, in New York. Some revelers, wearing party hats and "2012" glasses, began camping out Saturday morning, as workers readied bags stuffed with hundreds of balloons and technicians put colored filters on klieg lights. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

US New Years Eve

Ron Manvel, of Detroit, skips through a pedestrian thoroughfare during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

US New Years Eve

Miranda Echerarria, center left, Christian Prieto, center right, of Niagara, N.Y., kiss at the stoke of midnight during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Times Square Ball

Jeffrey Straus, President of Countdown Entertainment, admires a new New Year's Eve at Times Square crystal ball during it's debut during a press preview at Hudson Scenic Studios in Yonkers, N.Y., Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007. The new ball is more than twice as bright as its predecessor and comes with enhanced color and light effects capabilities from state-of-the-art LED technology. The new crystal and lighting technology is timed to coincide with the ball's 100th birthday celebration. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

New Years At Times Square Prep 1980

Russ Brown, superintendent of One Times Square, checks his vintage Mickey Mouse watch a few hours bfore the illuminated ball in the background was to be hoisted into position atop the building, Dec. 31, 1980. Brown, who has officiated over the ball dropping for the past 16 years, says he's retiring with the entry of 1981. (AP Photo/David Handschuh)

WWII US Air Raid Wardens

An air raid warden on duty in Times Square in New York City on Jan. 1, 1943, lifts a hand in salute as New Year’s celebrants swirl past him. (AP Photo/John Lindsay)

New Years Eve NYC

New York City police officers patrol in Times Square, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, in New York. Preparations are under way for New Year's Eve celebrations, which draw millions of spectators from around the world. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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