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Spain defeated the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time to win their first FIFA World Cup title (pictured lifting the trophy).
Italy defeated West Germany 3–1 to win their third FIFA World Cup title.
France defeated the defending champions Brazil 3–0 to win their first FIFA World Cup title.
Germany won the FIFA World Cup final against Argentina, with Mario Götze scoring the game's only goal (pictured) in the extra time.
The first FIFA World Cup was opened in Uruguay.
Croatian Mario Mandžukić scored the first own goal in a FIFA World Cup final in their defeat to France.
Millennium Park, a public park in Chicago, Illinois, and one of the world's largest rooftop gardens, opened to the public.
Uruguay won the decisive match of the FIFA World Cup against Brazil 2–1 at Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil won the FIFA World Cup final against Italy 3–2 on penalties following a 0–0 draw after extra time.
French brothers Claude and Nicéphore Niépce received a patent for their Pyréolophore, one of the world's first internal combustion engines.
Uruguay won the decisive match of the fourth FIFA World Cup, defeating Brazil 2–1 at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
Sirimavo Bandaranaike (pictured) was sworn in as prime minister of Ceylon, becoming the world's first democratically elected female head of government.
Jules-Albert de Dion finished first in the world's first motor race, but did not win as his steam-powered car was against the rules.
Australia set a world record for the highest successful run-chase in Test cricket history during the Fourth Test of the Ashes series against England.
The world's first commercial jet airliner to reach production, the de Havilland Comet, had its maiden flight.
In London, the England national football team won the FIFA World Cup, winning the final against West Germany 4–2 after extra time.
In Montevideo, the Uruguay national football team (team pictured) won the inaugural FIFA World Cup, defeating Argentina 4–2 in the final.
American Revolutionary War: Sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington allegedly rode forty miles (64 km) through the night to warn militiamen under her father Henry's command that British troops were planning�
The Treaty of Wuchale was signed, ending the Italo-Ethiopian War, but differences in translation later led to another war.
Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force began the defence of Fire Support Base Coral in the largest unit-level action of the war for the Australian Army.