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nov 18, 1883 - Railroads Get A System of Standard Time

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Trying to schedule trains on local time was very confusing and led to chaos most of the time. Companies made four continental time zones. This is very important because this is the first step in creating standardized time zones that we know today.

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nov 18, 1883
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