2007-01-02 17:48:45 · 8 answers · asked by Alain M 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
i just heard this the other night i think its australia as a matter of fact i am sure that is what they said as they were showing the fireworks and said as one of the first to celebrate....
make me laugh people rating this bad answer when its the right one lol read this copied and pasted from the news
Sydney leads the world in one of the first major New Year celebrations each year.
please vistit this site and have a read then go down to the picture of the fireworks where they state who lead the new year in.... we all now different beliefs celebrate it in differently but by the calender on the 31st of the end of every year sydney see's us in sorry FACTS ARE FACTS
2007-01-02 17:52:21 · answer #1 · answered by MissTee 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The first is the tiny Pacific nation of Kiribati, which celebrates it at 5AM on the 31st of December, New York time, and the last is Samoa, right next to Kiribati, but on the other side of the International Date Line. Samoa clicks through when it's 11AM on the first in NYC.
2007-01-02 17:54:13 · answer #2 · answered by kingchaz 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It does also depend on what is meant by New Year, as the Chinese celebrate it in February, and the Russians on 13th January, whom also celebrate Christmas on the 7th January when the wise men arrived at the stable.
2007-01-03 10:13:35 · answer #3 · answered by ruth 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
01. FIRST entered New Year 2007
Kiribati- Christmas Isl, Kiritimati
7. LAST to enter New Year 2007
American Samoa- Pago Pago, Samoa, Niue, Midway Islands, Jarvis Isl., Kingman Reef, Palmyra Atoll
2007-01-02 17:59:15 · answer #4 · answered by Oldbeard 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Remember the saying
Longitude East Greenwich Least. Longitude West Greenwich Best.
Which means when it is midnight in London (GMT) it is later in all Eastern Longitudes and earlier in all Western Longitudes.
So the first to celebrate New Years Day are all those countries located in longitudes 165-180 degrees East. (15 degrees of longitude = 1 hour) and the last to celebrate are those located in longitudes 165-180 degrees West.
Link to the pdf file (see below) and zoom in on the international date line (far right) and you can pick out all the countries which fall in to these two categories.
Brendan
2007-01-02 18:39:33 · answer #5 · answered by Brendan E 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Even though Israel uses the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Day is not celebrated on January 1st. Israel celebrates New Year's Day on Tishri 1, which was on 9/23 in 2006. In 2007, Israel will celebrate New Year's again on 9/12.
2007-01-02 17:56:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Sydny is the first
South America is the last
2007-01-02 19:59:11 · answer #7 · answered by montathra 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think it is the was the same two as last year
2007-01-02 18:04:10 · answer #8 · answered by gates_jr_bill 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋