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Historical Event on 6/2/1953
Mountaineer Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and his Nepalese Sherpa guide Tensing became the first men to conquer Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. The two reached the pinnacle of Everest, more than 29,000 feet above sea level, at 11.30 a.m.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/16/1986 | Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail. |
| 9/16/1973 | Abasaheb Mujumdar, great musician, died. |
| 3/17/1905 | Narsinghcharya Purohit Tirunarayan Iyyangar, famous Kannad poet, music director and critic, was born. |
| 12/16/1924 | Nissim Ezekiel, educationist and author, was born. |
| 6/15/1659 | Aurangzeb was declared as the Emperor of India at Red Fort Delhi. |
| 2/3/1954 | More than 500 pilgrims died in an accident on the river bank at the ""Kumbha Mela"" in Allahabad. |
| 5/1/1913 | Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, was born. |
| 12/9/1997 | Dr. K. Shivarama Karanth (95), doyen of Kannada literature and Jnanpith Award winner, died in Manipal. |
| 1/12/1995 | Kerala's birthrate drops to 17.5 per 1000. |
| 2/20/1999 | Mr. Vajpayee travels to Lahore on the inaugural run of the bus between New Delhi and Lahore. |
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