New Beginnings

3. The code name for the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II, a pivotal beginning to the end of the conflict.
6. A church service held on New Year's Eve to reflect on the year past and pray for the one ahead.
8. The first verified person to circumnavigate the Earth entirely on foot, completing his journey in 1974.
11. In Colombia, people walk around the block with an empty one of these to manifest a year full of travel.
15. Established in 1872, it holds the title of the first national park in the United States.
17. In 1963, this Soviet cosmonaut became the first woman to travel into space.
20. A Danish tradition to 'leap' into the New Year at the stroke of midnight.
21. Making a lot of this, from fireworks to banging pots, is a common way to scare off evil spirits for the New Year.
22. In the Philippines, wearing this pattern is believed to bring prosperity, as the round shapes symbolize coins.
23. A popular resolution focused on personal development and self-improvement.

1. The Soviet cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space in 1961.
2. A common financial resolution made at the start of a new year.
4. In Greece, it is a tradition to hang this vegetable on the door as a symbol of rebirth for the New Year.
5. Eating these is a tradition in the Philippines, symbolizing prosperity for the year to come.
7. One of the most common New Year's resolutions, aimed at improving physical fitness.
9. In Spain, it is customary to eat twelve of these at midnight for good luck in the coming year.
10. The first food to be deliberately cooked in a microwave oven by inventor Percy Spencer.
12. The Norwegian diplomat who became the first-ever Secretary-General of the United Nations in 1946.
13. The pioneering physician who, in 1849, became the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States.
14. In the southern U.S., eating this legume on New Year's Day is said to bring good fortune.
16. The Scottish New Year's tradition where the first person to cross a home's threshold after midnight brings luck for the year ahead.
18. The traditional song sung at midnight on New Year's Eve.
19. The Motorola employee credited with making the world's first public cell phone call in 1973.