On this day 96 years ago, at the conclusion of the inaugural FIFA World Cup, La Celeste, or Uruguay, won the trophy. Beating Argentina 2-1 in the ’28 Olympics, they beat their cross-border rivals again, 4-2, to win the World Cup. As of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, 23 final tournaments have been held since the event’s inception in 1930. (1965)And, on this day in 1961, the Trans-Canada Highway officially opened, the longest national highway system in the world. Unlike the US Interstate Highway System, there is no unified standard for the number of lanes or the type of roadways the TCH should be.