NEW YEARS EVE BALL DROP 1996

[Bremoney88]

This feels like it was just yesterday :-(.

[zZJKProductionZz]

Funny how the ball did not reach the bottom when 1996 happened

[PostedINda7OHSEV]

Ya boy started kindergarden that year. The 90s were the shit!

[Sicks96]

2-5-96

[Sicks96]

Yeah!! I was born in '96!! :)

[AlimeProductions]

1 month before I was born!

[TheCm900]

Wow my last comment from a year ago is still here and now its gonna be 2012 and heres my second comment im 16 this 2012 year and i hope to be able to type another comment on December 31, 2012 or January 1, 2013.

[supergreatcornholio]

1996 is the earliest year i can remember

[gamerboy49]

2:26 - There was a leap second.

[NWRGeek]

@gamerboy49 The ball actually was 2 seconds late because of a computer issue.

[CoasterMan96]

ah... the year i was born. now in 10th grade. Can't believe it is almost time to get ready for 2012. i could have sworn the 2000's were still here yesterday. Man, how time flies

[commodorefan2]

@CoasterMan96

You aren't kidding. My oldest son was born in 1996, and my twin son and daughter were born in '97, and they started high school this year. Where did the time go?

[formerbritneyfan]

my son turned a year old in 96" and that was the year when the blizzard of 96' took place .

[19Dtheking]

i remember that night



[Nature1400]

Born on that day :DDDDD

[excelsior27]

Notice something- the number changed font and is bigger from '96 on...

[GameShowFan6]

I have jubilate '95's countdown now thanks to the 2010 Jubilate special that aired December 31, 2010

[88jamiew]

Sunday December 31st 1995 - Monday January 1st 1996

[NASCARFAN160]

Wow......the ball was way off-WHO CARES HAPPEH NOO YEAR!!!!!

[88jamiew]

my friend john was born in 1996 :)

[Voyage400]

They apparently shut off the winch halfway down the pole by accident, and the system was 2 seconds off, according to a report I was reading, now they don't brag about the doing the ball drop until AFTER it is done.

[Railer505]

Ten days later the worst winter weather New York had seen since 1888 would strike the city...

this was the first New Years Eve I tried to stay up to watch... my mom talked me out of it around 22:00 (2 hours before)... the year after and ever since I've stayed up.

[bachelordan0470]

@Railer505

I do know the 1888 storm. It swept from Maryland To Maine. In Longacres Square (now Times Square), it dumped 20 feet of snow .... in 1 day!! The storm was so bad that it led to develop the New York Subway. It opened in 1904. The same year that Times Square was born.

[ChuckTaylorBoy321]

dude the videos from 1991 are better than this

[MrTechReviews101]

I was born July 31, 1996

[ssAntdaant]

thats the year i was born the best year ever

[ItsyaboyAFizzle]

1995 and 1996 were good years for me. after march 9, 1997, life started to suck ass for me.

[gdogg395]

The year rap music will never be the same

2pac R.I.P SEP 13TH 1996

[JaeDizzley1995]

My brother was born December 19, 1996

[TheCm900]

i was born June 1996

[FreshFernStudios]

@TheCm900 me too

[kanproductionz]

THUMBS UP if you were born in the year 1996

[nicksuperstar14]

@kanproductionz  Born 12/20/96

[Nature1400]

@kanproductionz I was born 1996 :)

[commodorefan2]

@kanproductionz

My son was born in '96.

[KingMacintosh]

I was 2 1/2 months old and this was the first ball drop I was alive for. 

[froggycheerz123]

My first new year :DD Of course I remember the whole thing..(x

[tvpirate05]

This was the first ball drop I actually watched on TV...I was 13 and it felt surreal watching it live. Can't believe it's been 15 years!

[madison351]

I was born August 5th 1996! I MISS THOSE DAYS!!!!!!!! they have flown by!!!!

[Qdude10]

L0l Balldrop fail!

[KieranMatthew]

I was born on Wednesday, March 27, 1996!

[MicahLuvFun26]

@KieranMatthew I'm a year older than you then.

[mquiroz90]

wow cool they change the ball and the created the year number

[xXinsanity92Xx]

3 months and two weeks until my sister was born(:

[Sharpmusicmedia]

wtf? stop making me feel old here...everybody who says they were born in 1996 lol

[supergreatcornholio]

i was born 6 months before 96'

[tyson83782]

Recorded in 12/31/95

[Iamtalktouglygirl]

I remembered watch this as 9 years old. What a great memories.

[Iamtalktouglygirl]

1996, I was 9 years old at that time.

[MrShethinksmytractor]

i was born 4 days later(:

[bdrodd]

awesome year!!! i will be born in 2 moths 18 days!!! =)

[mermaidmelodyfan4]

Only 9 months and 27 days until I was born :D

[airplanesharpener]

the year i was born

[ColdplayBeatlesFan]

the year i was born rocked!

[risetoday101]

i cant wait for 2010 .. DEAD RISING 2

[jeff29992001]

as you can see, about 25 sec before 12:00:00 the ball stops for about 10 sec. there was a glitch in the electronic hoisting system when somebody accidentally turned it off, and turned it back on 10 sec later.

...and when the clock hits 12 midnight, the ball continues to drop for a few more seconds.

[johnson9dantheman]

Also, I think a leap second was added to the countdown.

[jeff29992001]

@johnson9dantheman

no they didn't, read the nytimes article. interview with the guy in charge of the ball drop. 1995 was when they went to electronic countdown and the use of an electric winch. in 1996 somebody turned off the winch halfway through the ball drop.

nytimes *dot* com /2009/12/31/nyregion/31vault *dot* html

[FROqueen08]

I was born after 10 months!

[crazyecuadorlover]

thee year i was born ;]]

[NickFourSpeed]

how do you get a VCR Tape to transfer to a computer ?

[Railfan2103]

@NickFourSpeed I use the Pinnacle Dazzle....its a USB device that connects to your computer, just plug in the AV cables from the VCR into the Dazzle, and hit record in the software that comes with it...

I got mine at Best Buy

[NickFourSpeed]

Thank You..for your help..i might look into that

[WingrR12]

Thats the actual day i was born

[Neweddy24]

This was the first night I ever got drunk!

[zellco321]

This was the frist year the ball drop was computerized!!

[cbsteffen]

The ball fell late!

[hondolespaul]

I remember watching this. It seems like forever ago.

[9852323]

lol looks like it was recorded on a vcr

[JasonK1992]

duh....the dvd was only just inventd in 1996....

[hondolespaul]

Actually, the DVD player was invented in 1999.

[JasonK1992]

no, they were made available in 1996. wikipedia's proof.

[hondolespaul]

The sad thing about Wikipedia is that it can be edited by anyone. I remember first hearing about DVD players ten years ago. Laserdiscs were still around in 1996. Perhaps someone had them confused.

[Messenger33]

Wikipedia may be edited, but my memory can't. My parents got a DVD player in 1997. You sir, are wrong!

[hondolespaul]

Thank you for pointing out the obvious.

[Messenger33]

You mean the obvious that you missed earlier when you claimed it hadn't come about until 1999? Okay, then. You're welcome.

[hondolespaul]

Probably a VHS VCR. Us children of the 80s remember those.

[JasonK1992]

middle-east and indian children of the late 90s- early 2000s remember those.

:D

[hondolespaul]

Actually, I do.

[JasonK1992]

wikipedia's not the only proof. i even hav a computer magazine published in 1996 that talks about dvd players and how they're 'the next best thing'... :P

[hondolespaul]

Where is a picture of this magazine?

[johnson9dantheman]

I only just got rid of my VHS VCR earlier this year.

[hondolespaul]

I still have VHS and Beta.

[ScottyUrb]

This was the first time I ever saw the ball drop, and I've seen it each year since on ABC!

[tjcomer]

I was born in 1996, too.

[MoonStar967]

i was born in 1996

[pannoni1]

Living through 1995 to reach 1996 was like passing through a time portal: The INTERNET and CELLPHONE became essential to most through this year.

[hondolespaul]

I remember when the internet and cell phones became popular. Almost everybody has both now. Back in 1996, we didn´t even have the internet. The only person who had a cell phone at that time was one of my relatives. I still don´t use one.