Construction started on Chicago’s first-ever skyscraper for the Home Insurance Company of New York.
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SpongeBob SquarePants premiered on Nickelodeon.
Levi Strauss was founded.
The Royal Air Force began a series of attacks on Argentina's Air Force in the Falkland Islands.
General Mills introduced Cheerios.
Mr. Potato Head was officially released, originally only consisting of the accessories which were stuck in an actual potato.