This day, that year: Mount Everest is scaled for the first time

Sir Edmund Hillary (R) and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay smile during their first interview with Reuters special correspondent Peter Jackson after their legendary ascent of Mount Everest (summit to right of Hillary's head) at camp in Thyangboche, Nepal in this June 6, 1953 file photo. Hillary, who along with Nepalese Norgay became the first to conquer Mount Everest, has died, New Zealand's Prime Minister Helen Clark said on January 11, 2008. REUTERS/Peter Jackson/Files (NEPAL) - RTX5FE2

While one shouldn't dwell in the past, it shouldn't be forgotten either for it shapes events which play out in the future. Moneycontrol takes a look at some of the crucial episodes on May 29 which had a bearing on the fortunes of India and the world.

On this day in 1953, Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first people to scale the summit of Mount Everest, the world’s tallest mountain.

The Government of India conferred on Hillary its second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, posthumously, in 2008.

Let's go back in time and see what else happened on this day in history: