29 May 1953 Posted on May 28, 2013 by Staff Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Famous Words of Inspiration..."I bet the main reason the police keep people away from a plane crash is they don't want anybody walking in and lying down in the crash stuff, then when somebody comes up act like they just woke up and go, 'What was THAT?!'" Jack Handey — Click here for more from Jack Handey Related posts: 29 May 1953 13 January 1953 26 July 1953 19 January 1953