Carlos Martinez famously hit a ball off Jose Canseco’s head for a home run in major league baseball.
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Simon Pagenaud of France finished the 2016 Indy 500 just two-tenths of a second ahead of Alexander Rossi.
A series of worldwide protests began in reaction to the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.
Ty Cobb, a future Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder, was the first to gain 1,000 extra-base hits.
The first-ever Le Mans endurance race began.
The Beatles released their eighth album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
