Beginning in 1908, in the last minute of the year on a giant pole in front of number 1 in Times Square in New York down a glowing crystal ball. The crowd that had gathered in the square at this time counting the last seconds of the year. It is expected that this year over the wires of the old year will be watched by television and the Internet over a billion people. Workers have collected and set crystal ball on the roof next to a pillar.