Today in Football World Cup History
Soccer Tournaments Topics: FA Cup - UEFA Cup
Historical Events
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1930-07-13 - 1st-ever soccer World Cup competition began in Uruguay
1930-07-30 - Uruguay beats Argentina 4-2 for soccer's 1st World Cup in Montevideo
1934-06-10 - Italy beats Czechoslovakia 2-1 (OT) in soccer's 2nd World Cup at Rome
1938-06-19 - Italy beats Hungary 4-1 in soccer's 3rd World Cup at Paris
1950-06-29 - US beats England 1-0 in a world cup soccer game (next win in 1994)
1950-07-16 - Uruguay beats Brazil 2-1 for soccer's 4th World Cup in Rio de Janeiro
1954-07-04 - West Germany beats Hungary 3-2 for soccer's 5th World Cup in Bern
1958-06-29 - Brazil beats Sweden 5-2 in soccer's 6th World Cup at Stockholm
1960-07-16 - 205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer
1962-06-17 - Brazil Beats Czechoslovakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago
1966-07-30 - England beats West Germany 4-2 for soccer's 8th World Cup in London
1970-06-21 - Brazil beats Italy, 4-1, to win soccer's World Cup (in Mexico City)
1970-06-30 - Brazil beats Italy 4-1 in soccer's 9th World Cup at Mexico City
1970-09-09 - Feyenoord wins soccer's World Cup
1974-07-07 - West Germany beats Neth 2-1 for soccer's 10th World Cup in Munich
1975-06-07 - Dennis Lillee takes 1st one-day 5WI, 5-34 v Pakistan World Cup
1978-06-25 - Argentina beats Holland 3-1 in soccer's 11th World Cup at Buenos Aires
1981-08-16 - Highest score in World Cup soccer match (New Zealand-13, Fiji-0)
1982-07-11 - Italy beats West Germany 3-1 for soccer's 12th World Cup in Madrid
1983-12-19 - The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, is stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro.
1986-06-19 - Argentina beats West Germany 3-2 in soccer's 13th World Cup
1988-07-24 - US & Jamacia play scoreless tie, in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1988-08-13 - US beats Jamacia 5-1, in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1989-04-16 - Costa Rica beats US 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1989-04-30 - US beats Costa Rica 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1989-05-13 - Trinidad & Tobago ties US 1-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1989-06-17 - US beats Guatemala 2-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1989-11-05 - US plays El Salvador, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1989-11-19 - US beats Trinidad, 1-0 qualifing for 1990 world soccer cup finals it was US' 1st qualification since 1950
1990-06-09 - Czechoslovakia beats US 5-1 in World Cup soccer
1990-06-12 - Egypt (500-1 longshot) ties favorite Neth 1-1 in World Cup game
1990-06-18 - 1st ever lose for Cameroon in Soccer World Cup, USSR-4 Cameroon-0
1990-07-08 - Germany beats Argentina 1-0 for soccer's 14th World Cup at Rome
1990-07-08 - Italy beats England in soccer's World Cup consolation game
1994-06-17 - 1994 World Cup soccer match begin, Germany vs Bolivia in Chicago
1994-06-18 - US ties Switzerland 1-1 in their 1st game of 1994 soccer World Cup
1994-06-22 - US beats Colombia 2-1 in 1994 soccer world cup (1st win since 1950)
1994-06-25 - 1,500th goal in Soccer World Cup history scored by Caceres of Argentina
1994-06-26 - US loses to Romania 1-0 in 1994 soccer world cup
1994-07-03 - Romania eliminates Argentina 3-2 in soccer world cup
1994-07-04 - US loses to Brazil 1-0 in 1994 World Cup quarter finals
1994-07-16 - Sweden shuts out Bulgaria 4-0, to finish 3rd in the World Cup
1994-07-17 - Brazil beats Italy in a shoot out, for their 4th soccer world cup
Famous Birthdays
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1947-01-06 - Ian Millar, Halifax NS, dressage rider (World Cup 1988, 89, Oly-96)
1960-10-30 - Diego A Maradona, Argentina/Italy soccer player (World Cup)
1960-11-30 - Gary Lineker, English soccer player (World Cup 1986)
1982-04-02 - Marco Amelia, Italian World Cup-winning footballer
Famous Deaths
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1994-07-02 - Andres Escobar, Colombia world cup soccer star, shot for losing to US
2007-02-04 - José Carlos Bauer, Brazilian World Cup footballer (b. 1925)
