Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians played "Auld Lang Syne" as a New
Year’s Eve song for the first time at the "Roosevelt Grill" in the Roosevelt Hotel
in New York City. The song is a Scots poem written by Robert Burns in 1788,
set to the tune of a traditional folk song.

Scottish poet Robert Burns

After 36 years of publication, the last weekly issue of "LIFE" magazine
(above) hit the newsstands. It became a monthly publication from 1978
to 2000.