When did Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest?

On May 29, 1953, Hillary, a New Zealander, and Norgay, a Nepalese Sherpa, became the first people to ever reach the summit of Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world (29,029 ft). Their success came after thirty years of failed attempts by other mountaineers, including George Mallory, who uttered the famous line, "Because it's there", when asked why he wanted to climb Everest.

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