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Mount Everest is first successfully climbed by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953.

1953

Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa of Nepal, reach the summit of Mount Everest, becoming the first people to do so.

1919

Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested and confirmed during a solar eclipse.

1453

The Byzantine Empire falls as Constantinople is conquered by the Ottoman Empire, marking the end of the Byzantine Empire.

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Jake Gyllenhaal

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