📅 First climb to the top of Everest (1953)
They took photos at the top and carefully climbed back down.
Where: Mount Everest
📅 On This Day: May 29
May 29, 1953: First climb to the top of Everest. At 11:30 in the morning on this day in 1953, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and New Zealander Edmund Hillary stood on the summit of Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. It was the first time people reached the highest point on Earth.
✨ More events on this day
- 1950 🧭 The Canadian police ship St. Roch arrived in Halifax, becoming the first ship to sail all the way around North America, through icy Arctic waters.
- 1985 🏅 Steve Fonyo, who had lost a leg to cancer, finished running across the whole of Canada after 14 months, raising money for cancer research.
- 2015 🏛️ The One World Observatory opened near the top of One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, with views across New York. One World Trade Center →
🧠 Question of the day
Which Sherpa reached the top with Hillary?
- Roald Amundsen
- Tenzing Norgay
- Yuri Gagarin
Show the answer
Answer: Tenzing Norgay
Questions
What happened on May 29?
May 29, 1953: First climb to the top of Everest. It happened in Mount Everest.
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_British_Mount_Everest_expedition