But most controversial of all was the question of who was truly the first to step atop the summit of Everest—Tenzing or Hillary? For years, people wondered. Even Hillary wrote in his press ...
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 ...
Weather records from the 1920s may finally put to rest questions over whether Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay really were the first people to reach the top of Mt Everest. It's one of ...