SpongeBob SquarePants premiered on Nickelodeon.
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A national strike began in the United States, calling for an eight-hour workday instead of 12 hours.
The Empire State Building opened.
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.
Levi Strauss was founded.
