Edmund Hillary, who gained worldwide fame after he and guide Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, has died after suffering a heart attack. New Zealander Hillary ...

On this date in history: In 1660, Charles II was restored to the English throne. In 1790, Rhode Island became the last of the original 13 states to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1914, the ...

On May 29, 1953, Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary ... expedition team led by Sir John Hunt, Nepali-Indian Norgay and New Zealand’s Hillary made history with the first confirmed ascent ...

Prestige indie banner See-Saw Films ("The King's Speech," "The Power of the Dog") are lining up a biopic of Tenzing Norgay ..

New Zealand mountaineer Peter Hillary talked as ... and he set it high. In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and his climbing partner, Tenzing Norgay, became the first people to reach the summit of Mount ...

In 1997, I had the privilege of chaperoning the late Sir Edmund ... do know is that Tenzing Norgay and I were the first to get to the top and back down to the bottom again.” Hillary passed ...