Construction started on Chicago’s first-ever skyscraper for the Home Insurance Company of New York.
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The All-China Federation of Trade Unions was founded.
Same-sex marriage was legalized in Sweden.
SpongeBob SquarePants premiered on Nickelodeon.
Despite running out of oxygen, Jim Whittaker became the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
General Mills introduced Cheerios.
