Host nation Uruguay defeated Argentina 4-2 in Montevideo to win the first FIFA World Cup.
Source
Volkswagen stopped production of the old VW Beetle.
28-year-old chemist Eugène Schueller founded a beauty company, which would later be named L'Oreal.
Metallica released their single 'Enter Sandman.'
Abraham Lincoln issued an order called 'eye-for-eye,' allowing Union soldiers to one rebel prisoner for every black prisoner the Confederacy shot.
NASA's Apollo 15 Lunar mission landed on the Moon's surface with the first Lunar Rover.
