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World Book stays keenly focused on keeping up-to-date with changing technology with the introduction of World Book Mobile and social media presence on Facebook and Twitter.
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May 3, 1841 - New Zealand was proclaimed a separate colony.
May 6, 1937 - Airship Hindenburg blew up and burned.
May 8, 1945 - Victory in Europe Day; the day after Germany surrendered, ending World War II in Europe.
May 15, 1928 - Royal Flying Doctor Service began in Australia.
May 20, 1932 - Amelia Earhart began the first solo transatlantic flight by a woman.
May 29, 1953 - Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the top of Mount Everest. (See more Feature of the Month.)
May 31, 1928 - Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm began the first air corssing of the Pacific Ocean.
More this month in history ...
Who are these people born in May?
Find out by clicking on each image. World Book Student's Biography Centre has more than 10,000 biographies on influential people.
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FEATURE OF THE MONTH
Sir Edmund Hillary
May 29, 1953
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Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the top of Mount Everest.
Read the Special Report
"Journey to the Top of the World" by Sir Edmund Hillary describing the
1960 ascent of Mount Makalu I, sponsored by World Book Encyclopedia.
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