1527 – Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explore Florida with 600 men – by 1536 only 4 survive
1849 – Fire destroy Centrum in St Louis, Missouri
1933 – Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling, the national-socialist party of Norway
1943 – Millionaire Howard Hughes crashes into Lake Mead, while test flying his Sikorsky S-43, killing CAA inspector Ceco Cline and Richard Felt
1952 – 77th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Blue Man wins in 1:57.4
1953 – Yanks and Browns use record 41 players in a game
1964 – Phillies triple play Houston Colt .45s
1975 – Mick Jagger punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches
2000 – In the Philippines an explosion rocks Glorietta 2 injuring 13 persons, mostly teenagers. According to local authorities, the homemade bomb was placed in front of a toilet beside a video arcade.
2019 – Brooks Koepka fires a 65 (-5) to set new record for lowest 36-hole score in a golf major at the PGA Championship at Bethpage State Park; 7 stroke lead is a 36-hole tournament record