Today In History (October 13 1884)

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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1884: The International Meridian Conference in Washington, DC, establishes the meridian of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, overlooking the River Thames in England, as the Prime Meridian, the zero point from which longitudes on our planet are measured.