October 09


Sunday 09, 2005:

China's State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping officially announced the new accurate height of Everest is 8848.43 m.


Monday 09, 1995:

An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.


Sunday 09, 1864:

Union cavalrymen in the Shenandoah Valley defeat Confederate forces at Tom's Brook, Virginia.


Saturday 09, 1582:

Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.


Thursday 09, 1000:

Leif Ericson discovers Vinland, becoming the first known European to set foot in North America.


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