First Everest Summit
On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal became the first two people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the highest point on earth.
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On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal became the first two people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the highest point on earth.
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On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal became the first two people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the highest point on earth.
View Article1941: First American To Die In RAF
On this day in 1941, Pilot Officer Mike Kolendorski, an American serving in the British RAF, became the first No. 121 “Eagle Squadron” RAF member to be killed in action. Kolendorski was a naturalized...
View Article1943: A Tough Bomber Raid
On May 17, 1943, the Army Air Force was in the middle of a tough campaign to prove the effectiveness of medium weight bombing. The goal was to hamper the Nazi war machine with day and night time...
View Article1944: Anne Frank & Family Arrested By The Germans
On August 4, 1944, Anne Frank, a Dutch schoolgirl, and her family were discovered and arrested by the Gestapo, the German secret police. The Frank family was originally from Germany, but had lost their...
View Article1943: JFK’s Pacific Heroics
On August 4, 1943, future president John F. Kennedy was commanding a motor-torpedo boat in the South Pacific when his boat collided with a Japanese destroyer, the Amagiri. The massive destroyer slammed...
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