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International Meridian Conference

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22nd October 1884: International Meridian Conference in Washington D.C. the Greenwich prime meridian

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2016 American Meridian University International Interdisciplinary Academic Business Conference

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2019 Meridian Global Leadership Summit Highlights

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The International Meridian Conference was a conference held in October 1884 in Washington, D.C., in the United States, to determine a prime meridian for international use. The conference was held at the request of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur. 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 selection of the Greenwich Meridian as the international standard for zero degrees longitude.