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Events on Sunday 18 November 1883 1
1883US and Canadian railroads adopt standard time zonesThe "Day of Two Noons" ends local solar time for rail schedulesOn 18 November, railroads across the United States and Canada switched to a system of standardized time zones to simplify scheduling. Many towns reset their clocks simultaneously, an event popularly called the "Day of Two Noons."