At 11:30 a.m. on May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand
and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa of Nepal, become the first
known explorers to reach the summit of Mount Everest,
which at 29,035 feet above sea level is the highest point
on earth.       

News of their achievement broke around the world on June 2, the
day of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation, and Britons hailed it as a
good omen for their country’s future.

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963),
also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States,
serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.

He was the youngest person elected president, at 43 years.

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Bob Hope entertained American servicemen at the airstrip
in Munda, New Georgia, an island in the central Solomons,
on Oct. 31, 1944.

Bob Hope (Lester Townes) (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was
a British-born comedian, actor, entertainer and producer with
a career that spanned nearly 80 years and achievements in
vaudeville, network radio, television, and USO Tours.

He appeared in more than 70 short and feature films, starring
in 54, including a series of seven Road to … musical comedy
films with Bing Crosby as his partner. He reached his 100th
birthday 59 days before he died in 2003.

On May 28, 1937, the government of Germany—then under
the control of Adolf Hitler (above center) of the National
Socialist Party—formed a new state-owned automobile
company, then known as Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung
des Deutschen Volkswagens. 

Later that year, it was renamed simply Volkswagenwerk, or
“The People’s Car Company.”

Originally operated by the German Labor Front, a Nazi
organization, Volkswagen was headquartered in Wolfsburg,
Germany.

In addition to his ambitious campaign to build a network of
autobahns and limited access highways across Germany,
Hitler’s pet project was the development and mass production
of an affordable yet still speedy vehicle that could sell for less
than 1,000 Reich marks (about $140 at the time).

VW Type 1 prototype.

       
      
    
 
   
Construction of the original Burnside drawbridge began
in November 1892, and opened on July 4, 1894, spanning 
the Willamette River in Portland,Oregon carrying Burnside
street traffic.

The second Burnside Bridge opened on May 28, 1926 at the
same site.

 
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in
November 2012.
 

The bridge was designed by Ira G. Hedrick and Robert E.
Kremers, incorporating a lift mechanism designed by
Joseph Strauss.

Ira Grant Hedrick
(April 6, 1868 – December 28, 1937)