Tenzing Norgay and his climbing partner Edmund Hillary became the first people to verifiably summit the tallest mountain on Earth on May 29th, 1953. And yet despite that high bar, Tenzing and Hillary are not the only ones to have taken important steps on this day in history’
The first class of nuclear submarines were a learning experience for the Soviet Navy. The November class boats experienced numerous difficulties and accidents, culminating in what has been described as a potential “Underwater Chernobyl."