Hillary and Tenzing First to Summit Mount Everest, May 29, 1953
Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
Date: May 29, 1953
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