Construction started on Chicago’s first-ever skyscraper for the Home Insurance Company of New York.
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Amtrak began operating as the United States' passenger railroad company.
The Royal Air Force began a series of attacks on Argentina's Air Force in the Falkland Islands.
Despite running out of oxygen, Jim Whittaker became the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
The Empire State Building opened.
Levi Strauss was founded.
