<Ul> <Li> 1939: Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians performed it in on New Year's Eve for decades until his death in 1977 (his version is played in Times Square every New Year's immediately following the dropping of the ball). In fact several sources credit Lombardo with "popularising" the song, at least in the United States . </Li> <Li> 1997: On 30 June, the day before Hong Kong was handed over from the UK to China, the tune was played by the silver and pipe bands from the Royal Hong Kong Police Force, at the departure of Hong Kong's 28th and last British Governor, Chris Patten, from his official residence, Government House, Hong Kong </Li> <Li> 2009: On 30 November, students and staff at the University of Glasgow sang the song in 41 different languages simultaneously </Li> <Li> 2015: On 25 March, the song was played with a bagpipe on the transfer of Lee Kuan Yew's body from the Istana to the Parliament House </Li> </Ul> <Li> 1939: Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians performed it in on New Year's Eve for decades until his death in 1977 (his version is played in Times Square every New Year's immediately following the dropping of the ball). In fact several sources credit Lombardo with "popularising" the song, at least in the United States . </Li> <Li> 1997: On 30 June, the day before Hong Kong was handed over from the UK to China, the tune was played by the silver and pipe bands from the Royal Hong Kong Police Force, at the departure of Hong Kong's 28th and last British Governor, Chris Patten, from his official residence, Government House, Hong Kong </Li> <Li> 2009: On 30 November, students and staff at the University of Glasgow sang the song in 41 different languages simultaneously </Li>

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