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Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
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Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer (1919–2008)
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Sherpa people
Nepalese ethnic group
The Sherpa people are one of the Tibetan ethnic groups native to the most mountainous regions of Nepal, India, and the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese-Indian mountaineer (1914–1986)
Tenzing Norgay, born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer. On 29 May 1953, he and Edmund Hillary were the first confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest, as part of the 1953 British Mount Everest…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
1953 British Mount Everest expedition
First successful ascent of Mount Everest
The 1953 British Mount Everest expedition was the ninth mountaineering expedition to attempt the first ascent of Mount Everest, and the first confirmed to have succeeded when Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary reached the summit on 29 May 1953. Led by Colonel John Hunt, it was…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Mount Everest
Earth's highest mountain
Mount Everest (known locally as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at its summit. Its height was most recently measured in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
May 29
Day of the year
May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 216 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)