Today is 29th May, 09 and here’s what happened today in tech…

1 – 1951 1st North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair.

2 – 1953  Humans first stepped upon the highest point on Earth’s surface, the summit of Mount Everest, exactly fifty years ago.

3 - 1970 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test (underground).

4 – 1978 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.

5 - 1982 Pentagon plans 1st strategy to fight a nuclear war.

6 – 1999  Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.