** Elvis Presley holds his last concert at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis.

** Tom Sneva, American former race car driver and Indianapolis 500 winner

** Boxer Mike Tyson is arrested and charged with the rape of Miss Black America contestant Desiree Washington 3 days earlier, in Indianapolis, Indiana.

** Police discover the body of Sylvia Likens in Indianapolis, Indiana.

** Indianapolis 500: In what Indianapolis Motor Speedway historian Donald Davidson and Speedway public address announcer Tom Carnegie later call the greatest moment in the track's history, 1973 winner Gordon Johncock wins his second race over 1979 winner Rick Mears by 0. 16 seconds, the closest finish to that date, after Mears draws alongside Johncock with a lap remaining, after erasing a seemingly insurmountable advantage of more than 11 seconds in the final 10 laps.

** The first diesel engine automobile trip is completed ( Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City ) by Clessie Cummins, founder of the Cummins Motor Co ..

** Massachusetts Avenue State Bank, Indianapolis, Indiana, of $ 21, 000 on September 6, 1933 ;

** The Glencoe ( Indianapolis, Indiana ), listed on the NRHP in Center Township of Indianapolis, Indiana

** Indianapolis 500 – Johnny Rutherford

** Indianapolis 500-won by Al Unser Snr

** Indianapolis 500-won by A. J.

** 25 May – Bobby Unser wins the 59th running of the Indianapolis 500 in an Eagle-Offenhauser

** 26 May – Johnny Rutherford wins the 58th running of the Indianapolis 500 in the Bowes Seal Fast Special McLaren M16-Offenhauser

** 28 & 30 May – Gordon Johncock wins the 57th running of the Indianapolis 500 in the STP Double Oil Filter Eagle-Offenhauser

** 30 May – Mark Donohue wins the 56th running of the Indianapolis 500 in the Sunoco Special McLaren-Offenhauser

** 29 May – Al Unser, Sr. wins the 55th running of the Indianapolis 500 in the Johnny Lightning Special Colt-Ford.

** Calls / Branding Morning News — Tribune Broadcasting's local morning news show format usually seen on Tribune's CW and Fox affiliates, such as WPIX in New York City, New York ; WGN in Chicago, Illinois ; KTLA in Los Angeles, California ; KCPQ in Seattle, Washington ; and WXIN in Indianapolis, Indiana ; though this format has also been used on non-Tribune owned Fox and CW stations ( e. g. ; Fox 25 Morning News on KOKH in Oklahoma City ) under a more generic title form

** 55 – Indianapolis Colts, October 31, vs. Denver Broncos

** 35 points – Miami 41, Indianapolis 6 – December 10,

** 78 points – Indianapolis Colts 55, Denver Broncos 23 – October 31,

** 15 points – Buffalo 9, Indianapolis 6 – October 20,

** Indianapolis 500 – won by Buddy Rice

* Buddy Lazier, winner of 1996 Indianapolis 500

In 2006 Unser announced that he would come back to racing again and he would run the 2006 Indianapolis 500, teamed with fellow former winner Buddy Lazier for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.

Curb-Agajanian also ran cars for many years in the Indianapolis 500 with drivers including Billy Boat and Jaques Lazier.

In preparation for the founding of the Indy Racing League in 1996, he signed with Ron Hemelgarn's Hemelgarn Racing whom he drove in the Indianapolis 500 for in 1991. Buddy Lazier driving at Laguna Seca in 1991Buddy was one of the drivers in the first Indy Racing League ( IRL ) sanctioned race and won the 1996 Indianapolis 500, despite suffering a major back injury earlier in the season.

However, Lazier teamed up with Sam Schmidt Motorsports to race in the 2007 Indianapolis 500.

Without a permanent ride, Lazier drove in a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race with Billy Ballew Motorsports at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on September 22 of that year and finished 24th. Lazier practicing for the 2008 Indianapolis 500

Lazier and Hemelgarn Racing reunited in a late effort to qualify for the 2008 Indianapolis 500.