January 1st is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year.
On this day in 1906, British India officially adopted the Indian Standard Time. The longitude against which Indian Standard time was set passes through Allahabad, India. British India did not adopt the international standard time zones until 1905. This went into force on January 1, 1906. However, Calcutta time was officially maintained as a separate time zone until 1948. Bombay time was maintained but only informally until about 1955.
In 153 BC, Roman consuls began their year in office.
In 45 BC, the Julian calendar came into effect for the first time.
In 1600, Scotland began its numbered year on January 1 instead of March 25.
In 1788, first edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, was published.
In 1800, the Dutch East India Company was dissolved.
In 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclaimation.
In 1877, Queen Victoria of Britain was proclaimed Empress of India.
In 1912, the Republic of China was established.
In 1942, the Declaration by the United Nations was signed by twenty-six nations.
In 1995, the World Trade Organization came into effect.
In 2002, Euro coins and notes went into circulation in twelve European nations.
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