1. On May 28, 1937, the opening of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge took place. The bridge, also known as "Galloping Gertie," notoriously collapsed just months later due to its notable twisting and swaying in winds.

2. In 1984, on May 28th, Seattle's David Horsey became the first-ever cartoonist to win the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning. Horsey, then 29 years old, was awarded for exemplifying "the qualities of excellence in his art."

3. On May 28, 1956, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook the Olympia area of Washington state. It was one of the most destructive earthquakes in the region's history, causing significant damage to the Capitol Building, a high school, and hundreds of homes.

4. In 2004, the Seattle Mariners set a new MLB record for most home runs in a month when they hit 58 long balls in May. Among those blasts, Ichiro Suzuki hit his first-ever grand slam, stunning baseball fans and solidifying his already impressive rookie season.

5. May 28, 1917, marked the establishment of one of Washington's most recognizable institutions: the Evergreen State College. Known for its innovative approach to higher education, Evergreen State College was designed with an interdisciplinary approach to learning, a lack of formal majors, and small, seminar-style classes.