On this day: Greenwich Mean Time Was Established

Monday, 13th October 2014 by

On this day 130 years ago, Greenwich in London was established as the 'zero longitude' for universal time, commonly known in the UK as Greenwich Mean Time. The exact meridian is is marked by a line in the ground and a monument at the Observatory.

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Ian Brown lives in Ottawa, Canada, and spends his spare time perusing maps to find new routes to ride on his orange bicycle.