{"slug": "mount-everest", "label": "Mount Everest", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q513", "qid": "Q513", "description": "Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas", "entries": 17, "years": 13, "span": [1856, 2016], "span_label": ["1856 CE", "2016 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 15}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "japan", "label": "Japan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "malaysia", "label": "Malaysia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-zealand", "label": "New Zealand", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nepal", "label": "Nepal", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1856, "year_label": "1856 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "The Great Trigonometrical Survey of India officially gives 'Peak XV' (later to be named Mount Everest) the height of 29,002 ft. 'Peak IX' (Kangchenjunga), previously thought to be the world's highest, is confirmed as 28,156 ft.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371140008#January–March", "title": "1856", "revid": 1371140008, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1924, "year_label": "1924 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "June 8", "text": "June 8 – British mountaineers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine are last seen \"going strong for the top\" of Mount Everest by teammate Noel Odell at 12:50 P.M. They are never seen alive again.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372136634#June", "title": "1924", "revid": 1372136634, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1924, "year_label": "1924 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "June 8", "text": "8 June – George Mallory and Andrew Irvine are last seen \"going strong for the top\" of Mount Everest by teammate Noel Odell at 12:50 PM. The two mountaineers are never seen alive again.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1339103079#Events", "title": "1924 in the United Kingdom", "revid": 1339103079, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1933, "year_label": "1933 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April 3", "text": "April 3 – The first flight over Mount Everest is made by the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale, and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371108771#April", "title": "1933", "revid": 1371108771, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1953, "year_label": "1953 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 29", "text": "May 29 – 1953 British Mount Everest expedition: Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal become the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310369#May", "title": "1953", "revid": 1371310369, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1953, "year_label": "1953 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 29", "text": "29 May – Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reach the summit of Mount Everest, the first known time this has been done. Hillary is knighted the following day.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358090945#Events", "title": "1953 in New Zealand", "revid": 1358090945, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1973, "year_label": "1973 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 5", "text": "May 5 – Shambu Tamang becomes the youngest person to climb to the summit of Mount Everest.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373239256#May", "title": "1973", "revid": 1373239256, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1975, "year_label": "1975 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 16", "text": "May 16 – Junko Tabei from Japan becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369955775#May", "title": "1975", "revid": 1369955775, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1982, "year_label": "1982 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 5", "text": "October 5 – Laurie Skreslet becomes the first Canadian to climb Mount Everest.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357117171#July_to_December", "title": "1982 in Canada", "revid": 1357117171, "section": "Events › July to December"}}, {"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 23", "text": "23 May - Bachendri Pal becomes first Indian women to reach the summit of Mount Everest.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342490529#January_-_June", "title": "1984 in India", "revid": 1342490529, "section": "Events › January - June"}}, {"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 4", "text": "October 4 – Tim Macartney-Snape and Greg Mortimer become the first Australians to reach the summit of Mount Everest.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371242779#October", "title": "1984", "revid": 1371242779, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 8", "text": "October 8: Bart Vos claims to be the first Dutchman to have climbed Mount Everest.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1304700408#Events", "title": "1984 in the Netherlands", "revid": 1304700408, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1993, "year_label": "1993 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 27", "text": "27 May – Belfast architect Dawson Stelfox becomes one of the first Irish people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1311391953#Mountaineering", "title": "1993 in Northern Ireland", "revid": 1311391953, "section": "Sport › Mountaineering"}}, {"year": 1996, "year_label": "1996 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "May 10", "text": "May 10 – 1996 Everest disaster: A sudden storm engulfs Mount Everest with several climbing teams high on the mountain, leaving eight people dead. By the end of the month, at least four other climbers die in the worst season of fatalities on the mountain to date.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371596794#May", "title": "1996", "revid": 1371596794, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1997, "year_label": "1997 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 23", "text": "23 May – M. Magendran (11.55 am) and N. Mohanadas (12.10 pm) were the first Malaysians to reach the peak of Mount Everest.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373379704#Events", "title": "1997 in Malaysia", "revid": 1373379704, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 2001, "year_label": "2001 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 24", "text": "May 24 – Sherpa Temba Tsheri, 15, becomes the youngest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373523156#May", "title": "2001", "revid": 1373523156, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2016, "year_label": "2016 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 21", "text": "21 May – Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala becomes the first Sri Lankan to reach the summit of Mount Everest.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373458799#May", "title": "2016 in Sri Lanka", "revid": 1373458799, "section": "Events › May"}}]}