WHAT HAPPENED ON 1. JANUARY
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Northern Territory is separated from South Australia and transferred to Commonwealth control. (1. January 1911)

The Republic of China is established. (1. January 1912)

The British Board of Censors is established. (1. January 1913)

German troops abandon Yaoundé and their Kamerun colony to British forces and begin the long march to Spanish Guinea. (1. January 1916)

The Belorussian Communist Organisation is founded as a separate party. (1. January 1920)

Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS. (1. January 1923)

The Cristero War begins in Mexico. (1. January 1927)

Turkey adopts the Gregorian calendar: December 18, 1926 (Julian), is immediately followed by January 1, 1927 (Gregorian). (1. January 1927)

Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc. (1. January 1928)

The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver. (1. January 1929)

The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth. (1. January 1932)

Alcatraz Island becomes a United States federal prison. (1. January 1934)

Nazi Germany passes the "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring". (1. January 1934)

Safety glass in vehicle windscreens becomes mandatory in the United Kingdom. (1. January 1937)

Sydney, Australia, swelters in 45 ˚C (113 ˚F) heat, a record for the city. (1. January 1939)

The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations. (1. January 1942)

World War II: In retaliation for the Malmedy massacre, U.S. troops massacre 30 SS prisoners at Chenogne. (1. January 1945)

World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches Operation Bodenplatte, a massive, but failed attempt to knock out Allied air power in northern Europe in a single blow. (1. January 1945)

The American and British occupation zones in Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, that later became West Germany. (1. January 1947)

The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen. (1. January 1947)