International Everest Day: 29 May
- International Everest Day is observed on 29 May every year.
- It was on this day in 1953 that Nepalese Tenzing Norgay and New Zealand’s Edmund Hillary had climbed the Mt. Everest, becoming the first humans to achieve the feat.
- The International Everest Day is held since 2008, when the legendary climber Hillary passed away.