Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup in Montevideo.

Black Tom Island explosion, an act of sabotage by German agents, occurs in Jersey City, New Jersey.

The first Masonic Grand Lodge is opened in Massachusetts.

The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of California, killing 225 passengers.

A Japanese Air Force F-86 and All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and  collide in Japan killing all 162.