1891
New York’s new Immigration Depot was opened at Ellis Island, to provide improved facilities for the massive numbers of arrivals
Ellis Island was nation’s busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 until 1954
Over 12 million people were processed at Ellis Island
1929
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians played Auld Lang Syne as a New Year’s Eve song for the first time
Auld Lang Syne means “times long past”
1955
General Motors became the first America corporation to earn more than one billion dollars in a single year.
There are approximately 1,922 publicly traded companies in the world with sales of $1 billion or more these days
1967
The Green Bay Packers won the National Football League championship game by defeating the Dallas Cowboys 21-17.
The game is known as the Ice Bowl since it was played in a wind chill of 40 degrees below zero
and then lastly…
1999
The world’s oldest person, Sarah Knauss, died at the age of 119 years.
Born September 24, 1880, she was just hours away from seeing not only a new year – but a new decade, century AND millennium!
-Tyler Jackson
