Three days before, Gardner ate a last meal of steak, lobster tail, apple pie, vanilla ice cream and 7-Up before beginning a 48-hour fast while watching The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and reading Divine Justice. (18 June 2010)
There are 3393 births, 3959 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5748 people in 6460 places until today.
Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.
Friday 29th of May 1953 (x) — Mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norkey are the first climbers confirmed as having reached the summit. Hillary and Norgay were part of the ninth British expedition to Mount Everest.
Friday 16th of May 1975 (x) — Mountaineer Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit.