FIFA World Cup Final is held in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Netherlands and Spain fought out for the prestigious football trophy. Spain won the match 1-0 and the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Mumbai train bombings. Over 200 people were killed and about 700 people were injured in a series of bombings on Mumbai city trains.

To Kill a Mockingbird is first published as Atticus. Harper Lee's classic and Pulitzer Prize-winning book is about racial inequality during the Great Depression.

Major League Baseball debut of Babe Ruth. George Herman "Babe" Ruth, Jr., one of the world's most well-known professional baseball player started his major league baseball career with the Boston Red Sox.

A duel between two leading American politicians claims the life of one. United States Vice President Aaron Burr and former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton ended a life-long feud with a duel. Hamilton was fatally wounded and died the next day.