Greenwich longitude adopted as Universal Time meridian

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22 October, 1884

International Meridian Conference adopted the longitude passing through Greenwich as the Universal Time meridian on 22nd October 1884. The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory had been laid on the 10th of August 1675.

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