Video credit: Janet Donovan
In 1904, the ‘teddy bear’ was created and named after President Theodore Roosevelt; the telphone answering machine was invented; federal spending was at $0.58 billion, unemployment at 5.4%, the cost of a first-class stamp was $0.02; New York City opened its first subway line and 1904 was the first time New Year’s Eve celebrated in Times Square – hello “Ball Drop.”
As we countdown to 2013, The Hollywood on the Potomac team and “The Interns”” wish you a very Happy New Year!
A look back at 2012 in fifteen minutes:
