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January 1st
Birthdays
New year, New you
400

Girl, tonight, you look so pretty

Yes you do
Times Square can't shine as bright as you
I swear it's true

Plain White T's (2010/2011)

400

In much of Asia, the new year is celebrated according to this calendar.

The Lunar calendar 

400

January 1st is a perfect excuse to stay in bed and eat greasy food all day and know that you’re not the only one struggling on a national day dedicated to this 

National Hangover Day

400

In 1919 Catcher in the Rye author was born. 

J.D. Salinger

400

Top 10 New Year's Resolutions

  1. Exercise more
  2. Lose weight
  3. Get organized
  4. Learn a new skill or hobby 
  5. Live life to the fullest
  6. Save more money / spend less money
  7. Quit smoking
  8. Spend more time with family and friends
  9. Travel more
  10. Read more
800

Is this more than you bargained for yet?
Oh, don't mind me, I'm watching
You two from the closet
Wishing to be the friction in your jeans

Fallout Boy (2005/2006)

800

Shortbread is traditionally eaten during Hogmanay, this U.K. country's New Year's Eve

Scotland

800

January 1st, 1999 was the introduction of this currency for 11 member states

the Euro (Romania, Bulgaria and Estonia all adapted the currency in the mid 00's)

800

I wonder if this Welsh star celebrates his New Year's Eve  birthday with a nice Chianti

Sir Anthony Hopkins

1200

If you wanna live you life

live it all the way and don't you waste it

Every feeling, every beat

can be so very sweet, you gotta taste it 

Jennifer Lopez (2009/10)

1200

Many New Year's and Christmas traditions can be traced back to which Pagan holiday?

Saturnalia

1200

January 1st, 1818 This life-bringing novel was first published (anonymously) in London

Frankenstein (or The Modern Prometheus)

1200

This icy celebrity turned 63 this New Year's Eve

Val Kilmer 


1600

She wears her satins like a lady
She gets her way just like a child
You take her home and she says, "Maybe, baby"

KISS (1973/74)

1600

What do people in the Southern United States eat for good luck on New Year's Eve?

Black-eyed peas

1600

January 1st 1971, America banned ads for this product on TV and Radio.

cigarettes

1600

This author, most well known for his  toughing romance novels, turned 45 on December 31st.

Nicholas Sparks

2000

You tell me this town ain't got no heart 

The sunny side of the street is dark
Maybe that's because it's midnight

Grateful Dead (1978/79)

2000

This place celebrates the New Year before everyone else on the planet

Kiribati

2000

January 1st 1978, one of the deadliest air accidents took the lives of 190 passengers and 23 crew on this airline 

Air India

2000

This Austin Powers star, who never measured up to the wishes of his mentor, was born on January 1st 1969

Verne Troyer