On this day - 29 May
Historical items of interest as featured in the papers of the day.
First confirmed summit of Mount Everest
Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first people confirmed to reach the summit of Mount Everest, which they achieved on May 29th 1953. The news of their success reached the UK on the day of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. The news was sent via a coded message.
3 days prior to this, another pair of climbers on the same expedition had attempted the summit but not succeeded. Tom Bourdillon and Charles Evans came within 100m of the summit but issues with their oxygen supply left them exhausted and unable to reach the top.
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