TODAY IN HISTORY: Dick Clark Rocks in the New Year (Dec. 31, 1972)

Although the Times Square Ball made it’s debut on the roof of One Times Square in New York on December 31, 1906 to ring in 1907, Dick Clark began a new holiday tradition to televise the international event and surrounding celebrations as his first New Year’s Rockin’ Eve broadcast rang in 1973.
See how it all began: