The Way We Were: New Year's Eve from the Archive (23 images)

WAP95123103-31DEC1995-WASHINGTON, DC, USA: President Clinton waves to the press wishing Happy New Year as he, Chelsea and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton depart the White House for New Years festivities with family friends in Hilton Head, South Carolina, December 31. UPI rv/Robert Visser

NYP95122902-29DEC95-NEW YORK,NEW YORK,USA: Slightly hidden by trading monitors two floor clerks share a warm embrace for the New Year after the final bell ended trading on the New York Stock Exchange for December 29 and the last day of business for the calendar year of 1995.The Dow Jones closed at 5117.12 up 21.32. Analyst have rated 1995 as the best year for the Stock Market since 1928 and rated the year of 1995 as the 7th best in trading figures for all of the years. UPI ep/Ezio Petersen

NYP95122804-28DEC95-NEW YORK,NEW YORK,USA: A electrican puts the finishing touches to the new high tech sphere that will bring in the New Year in Times Square on December 31.The new sphere, which will also provide laser effects,was unveiled to the press December 28.This is the first makeover of the steel ball in more than thirty years. UPI ep/Ezio Petersen

OCP98021501 - BEST OF 1998 - 15 FEBRUARY 1998 - SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA: The Golden Dragon makes its appearance at the end of the Chinese New Year Parade, late February 14. Hundreds of thousands of spectators turned out in the rain to watch the parade, heralding in the year of tiger -- 4696 in the lunar calander. UPI dy/David Yee