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Timeline of Events

1957

6.9.1957

First ascent of Broad Peak/Faichan Kangri, the world's 12th highest mountain, by an Austrian expedition lead by Marcus Schmuck and with Fritz Wintersteller, Kurt Diemberger and Hermann Buhl.

1964

5.2.1964

First ascent of Shishapangma the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders.

1970

11.14.1970

Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including members of the Marshall University football team.

1983

7.1.1983

A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet en route to Conakry Airport in Guinea crashes into the Fouta Djallon mountains in Guinea-Bissau, killing all 23 people on board.