Construction started on Chicago’s first-ever skyscraper for the Home Insurance Company of New York.
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Fidel Castro banned elections and declared Cuba to be a socialist nation.
The Royal Air Force began a series of attacks on Argentina's Air Force in the Falkland Islands.
Levi Strauss was founded.
General Mills introduced Cheerios.
SpongeBob SquarePants premiered on Nickelodeon.
