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International Meridian Conference
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<p>The International Meridian Conference was a conference held in October 1884 in <a href="/facts/Washington%2c_D.C./enXPK156">Washington, D.C.</a>, in the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>, to determine a <a href="/facts/Prime_meridian/d8KLy9r2">prime meridian</a> for international use. The conference was held at the request of <a href="/facts/President_of_the_United_States/oMsfmLb1">U.S. President</a> <a href="/facts/Chester_A._Arthur/2YabyyhY">Chester A. Arthur</a>. The subject to discuss was the choice of "a meridian to be employed as a common zero of longitude and standard of time reckoning throughout the world". It resulted in the recommendation of the <a href="/facts/Greenwich_Meridian/5dhcewNL">Greenwich Meridian</a> as the international standard for zero degrees <a href="/facts/Longitude/HsC61ML9">longitude</a>. </p>