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September 19, 20111931 - Brook Benton
1934 - Brian Epstein
1928 - Pete Murray
1933 - David McCallum
1940 - Zandra Rhodes
1940 - Bill Medley
1945 - Kate Adie
1946 - Michael Elphick
1948 - Jeremy Irons
1949 - Twiggy
1963 - David Seaman
Every culture has its own way to celebrate New Year’s Day. In the U.S., many people throw parties, and crowds gather in New York’s Times Square and at Chicago’s State Street on New Year’s Eve. In the American South, people eat black-eyed peas for good luck in the new year. In Spain and some of South America, people get good luck by eating 12 grapes at midnight on New Year’s Eve. Japanese families traditionally make rice cakes called mochi on New Year’s Day. Chinese New Year happens in February and is celebrated for 15 days with special foods, gifts, and even firecrackers.
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