The first ever <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Square_Ball" id="mw1Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Times Square Ball">ball drop</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Square" id="mw1g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Times Square">Times Square.</a><sup about="#mwt85" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-14"}}' id="cite_ref-14" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_31#cite_note-14" id="mw1w" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 14;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw2A">[14]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-14"><cite about="#mwt82" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFFeuer2009">Feuer, Alan (December 27, 2009). <a class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/nyregion/27ball.html?ref=nyregion&amp;gwh=DFA1FDC3A94D96DE864D020AB6405314" id="mwB9Y" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Deconstructed – Times Square Ball – Lots of Sparkle for a Swift Fall"</a>. <i id="mwB9c">The New York Times</i>. <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211125103445/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/nyregion/27ball.html?ref=nyregion&amp;gwh=DFA1FDC3A94D96DE864D020AB6405314" id="mwB9g" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Archived</a> from the original on 25 November 2021<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB9k">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB9o">January 15,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt82" class="Z3988" id="mwB9s" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&amp;rft.atitle=Deconstructed+%E2%80%93+Times+Square+Ball+%E2%80%93+Lots+of+Sparkle+for+a+Swift+Fall&amp;rft.date=2009-12-27&amp;rft.aulast=Feuer&amp;rft.aufirst=Alan&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2009%2F12%2F27%2Fnyregion%2F27ball.html%3Fref%3Dnyregion%26gwh%3DDFA1FDC3A94D96DE864D020AB6405314&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+31"></span></span>