May 28

1946—The Washington Senators beat New York 2-1 in the first night game at Yankee Stadium.

1956—Dale Long of the Pittsburgh Pirates hits a home run in his eighth consecutive game for a major league record. Long connects off Brooklyn’s Carl Erskine at Forbes Field.

1978—Al Unser wins his third Indianapolis 500, the fifth driver to do so, beating Tom Sneva by 8.19 seconds.

2006—Sam Hornish Jr. overcomes a disastrous mistake in the pits and a pair of Andrettis—Marco and father Michael—to win the second-closest Indianapolis 500 ever, by 0.0635 seconds.

2006—Barry Bonds hits his 715th home run during the San Francisco Giants’ 6-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies to slip past Babe Ruth and pull in behind Hank Aaron and his long-standing record of 755.