Transmission of Neurosyphilis from Person to Person. Neurosyphilis is considered infectious but is not transmitted from person to person. Generally, a disease like this is caused by an infectious agent and not spread between people.
On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay completed the first confirmed ascent of Mount Everest, which stands 29,035 feet above sea level.
In this This Day in History video, take a look at May 29, the day Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the day in 1903 when entertainer Bob Hope was born, and the day in 1973 that Tom Bradley became the first African American mayor of Los Angeles.