HONG KONG BECOMES PART
OF CHINA
The United Kingdom handed over their sovereignty
over Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China.
This ended the British reign over Hong Kong,
which had been in place since 1841.
JUNE 30, 1997
EXPLORER EDMUND HILLARY
IS BORN IN AUCKLAND,
NEW ZEALAND
Edmund Hillar y is recognised as the first person
ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest,
the tallest mountain in the world, in 1953.
|Mount Everest, situated in the Himalayas
mountain range in Nepal, stands at 8,848
metres above sea level.JULY 20, 1919
Jonathan Keelty/Wikimedia CommonsGOING GREEN!