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January 01, 1908
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First time, ball signifying new year dropped at Times Square 
 
January 01, 1907
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Pres Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record 8,513 hands in 1 day 
 
January 01, 1894
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Heinrich Hertz, German physicist, dies 
 
January 01, 1801
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Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi became the first person to discover an asteroid - he named it Ceres 
 
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