First ascent of Mount <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangchenjunga" id="mw7g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kangchenjunga">Kangchenjunga</a>: On the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_British_Kangchenjunga_expedition" id="mw7w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition">British Kangchenjunga expedition</a> led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Evans_(mountaineer)" id="mw8A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Charles Evans (mountaineer)">Charles Evans</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Brown_(climber)" id="mw8Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Joe Brown (climber)">Joe Brown</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Band" id="mw8g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George Band">George Band</a> reach the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Streather" id="mw8w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tony Streather">Tony Streather</a> join them the following day.