A 46-cent stamp (Scott #1820c) was issued as part of Canada Post's Millennium Collection in 1999.
On today's date in 1929, Guy Lombardo's New Year's Eve Party premiered at New York's Roosevelt Hotel in what was the first nationwide New Year's Eve radio broadcast, during which Lombardo and His Royal Canadians performed the Robbie Burns classic, Auld Lang Syne.
The New Year's Eve Party, which was held from 1959-76 at the iconic Waldorf Astoria Hotel, eventually became the longest-running annual special broadcast in radio history.
In 1954, more than 1.5 million viewers tuned in to see the first live telecast.
On Dec. 17, 1999, as part of its Millennium Collection, Canada Post issued a 46-cent stamp (Scott #1820c) featuring Lombardo. The stamp was issued on a pane of four (SC #1820) dubbed Extraordinary Entertainers. Printed by Ashton-Potter on Tullis Russel paper, the stamps have general tagging along all sides.