2015 Event A 6.7-magnitude aftershock sets off new avalanches on Mt. Everest and frightens victims of yesterday's devastating earthquake in Nepal; Google executive Dan Fredinburg was one of at least 17 climbers on Mt. Everest who died in yesterday's disaster 2015 Event A 7.9-magnitude earthquake hits Nepal, causing over 2,400 deaths, fatal avalanches on Mt. Everest, and destruction of historic sites such as the Dharahara tower 2011 Event New Zealand's highest mountain, the south ridge of Aoraki/Mount Cook, is renamed Hillary Ridge after Sir Edmund Hillary, first to conquer Mt. Everest 2011 Event In Nepal, Sherpa Apa Sherpa achieves a new record by climbing Mount Everest for the 21st time 2010 Event A series of eight 3G wireless transmitters have been installed along the trail to base camps on Mount Everest, with coverage reaching the summit 1997 Event Wallace Berg, 42, is 4th American to scale Mount Everest for 3rd time 1993 Death Maurice Dolbier, U.S. actor and writer (Nowhere near Everest), dies at 81 1992 Event 1st Belgian woman, Ingrid Baeyens, to ascend Mount Everest 1989 Event Walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27,000' Mount Everest top 1986 Death Tenzing Norgay, Tibetan climber (Mount Everest 1953), dies at 71 1980 Event Mount Everest climbed by Italian Reinhold Messner, alone 1980 Event Reinhold Messner of Italy is 1st to solo ascent Mount Everest 1975 Event Junko Tabei is 1st woman to climb to the top of Mount Everest 1975 Event Japanese Junko Tabei became 1st woman to reach Mount Everest's summit 1970 Event Yuchiro Miura of Japan skies down Mount Everest 1968 Death Barbara Everest, actress (Inquest, Madeleine), dies at 77 1963 Event 1st American, James Whittaker, conquers Mount Everest 1953 Event Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norkay are 1st to reach summit of Everest 1944 Birthday Reinhold Messner, Italian mountain climber, Mount Everest 1942 Death Eleanor Everest Freer, composer, dies at 78 1941 Birthday Naomi Uemura, mountain climber, 1st Japanese to scale Everest 1939 Birthday Junko Tabei, Japan, 1st woman to climb Mount Everest 1933 Event 1st flight over Mount Everest by Lord Clydesdale 1933 Event 1st airplane flight over Mount Everest 1929 Birthday Jim Whittacker, mountain climber, 1st American to climb Mount Everest 1924 Event George Leigh-Mallory disappears 775' from Everest's summit 1919 Birthday Edmund Hillary, born in Auckland, New Zealand, mountaineer, explorer, first climber to summit Mount Everest 1890 Birthday Barbara Everest, born in London, England, actress, Fatal Witness, Inquest 1864 Birthday Eleanor Everest Freer, composer
