American and Canadian railroads enacted time zones — a concept that schedules all aspects of life today — on this day in history, Nov. 18, 1883. The rail industry's creation of time zones was a brazen ...

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Charles F. Dowd tamed time. The career educator conceived a plan so audacious it’s hard to believe there was an era when his vision for the world didn’t exist. Dowd created time zones. He put the ...