2003 Death Earl Hindman, voice with hat, Home Improvement, dies at 61 1999 Death Hazel Frederick, face in a crowd, faced the camera when Mary Tyler Moore tossed her hat in the opening credits of her show, dies at 91 1995 Death Ginger Rogers, actress/dancer (Top Hat, Stage Door), dies at 83 1994 Death Sammy Taft, Canadian businessman (coined term "hat trick"), dies at 81 1991 Death Archie N Menzies, playwright/composer (Under Your Hat), dies at 87 1990 Death Erik Rhodes, actor (Top Hat), dies of pneumonia at 84 1989 Event Gretzky sets 2 records, his 45th hat trick and 10th 40+ goal season 1988 Event New Jersey Devil Patrik Sundstrom ties NHL playoff record of 8 pts in a playoff game (hat trick and 5 assists) in 10-4 rout over the Capitals 1988 Event New Jersey Devils 1st playoff hat trick-Eric Broten 1985 Event New Jersey Devils score their fastest hat trick in 42 seconds 1985 Event 90th hat trick in Islander history-Brent Sutter 1984 Event Despite Mike Bossy 4 goals Islanders lose 5-6 to Canadians making Islander record when scoring a hat trick-77-3-4 1984 Event Islander's Mike Bossy's 30th career hat trick-4 goals 1984 Event 80th Islander and 3rd dual hat trick (Carroll and Bossy) 9-1 win 1983 Event 75th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy 1983 Event Islander's Mike Bossy's 25th career hat trick 1983 Event 70th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy 1982 Event New Jersey Devils 1st hat trick (Steve Tambellini) 1982 Event Isle's Mike Bossy's 20th career hat trick-4 goals 1982 Event 2nd double hat trick in Islander history-Bossy and D Potvin 1982 Event 60th hat trick in Islander history - Bryan Trottier 1982 Event Islander's Bryan Trottier's 10th career hat trick 1981 Event Isle's Mike Bossy 9th and final hat trick of season-4 goals 1981 Event Islander's Mike Bossy's 15th career hat trick-4 goals 1981 Event 50th hat trick in Islander history - John Tonelli scored 5 goals 1980 Event 40th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy 1979 Event Nordiques' Real Cloutier sets NHL record of a hat trick in 1st game 1979 Event Isle's Bryan Trottier's 5th career hat trick 1979 Event Isle's Mike Bossy's 5th career hat trick 1978 Event 30th hat trick in Islander history (Mike Bossy) 1978 Event Islander's Mike Bossy's 1st career hat trick 1978 Event Despite Denis Potvin hat trick in 3:21 Islanders lose 7-10 making Islander record when scoring a hat trick-22-2-1 1978 Event 25th hat trick in Islander history-Denis Potvin 1977 Event Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6 1977 Event 20th hat trick in Islander history - Bobby Nystrom 1976 Event Toronto Maple Leaf Lanny McDonald scores a hat trick in 2 minutes 54 seconds 1975 Event Islander's Bryan Trottier's 1st career hat trick 1975 Event Fastest hat trick by a Washington Capitals 3 minutes 26 seconds (Stan Gilbertson) 1975 Event Ron Lalonde scores the 1st hat trick by a Washington Capital 1975 Event 10th hat trick in Islander history-Denis Potvin's 1st 1975 Death Arthur Pierson, actor and director (Hat Check Girl), dies at 73 1974 Event 1st time 2 Islanders hat trick in same game-MacMillian and Westfall 1974 Event Detroit Red Wing Mickey Redmond scores 1st hat trick against Washington Caps 1974 Event Despite Billy Harris' hat trick Islanders lose 3-4 1972 Event Germaoin Gagnon scores 1st Islander hat trick 1972 Birthday Corey Hirsch, Medicine Hat, NHL goalie, Vancouver Canucks 1971 Birthday Neil Little, Medicine Hat, NHL goalie for the Philadelphia Flyers 1971 Death Alice Tissot, actress (Italian Straw Hat), dies of cancer at 81 1970 Birthday Trevor Linden, Medicine Hat, NHL right wing, Canucks, New York Islanders 1970 Birthday Anthony Stuart, cricketer, Australian ODI pace bowler, hat trick 1997 1967 Event "At the Drop of Another Hat" closes at Booth New York City after 105 performances 1966 Event "At the Drop of Another Hat" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 105 performances 1960 Event "At the Drop of a Hat" closes at John Golden New York City after 216 performances 1959 Event "At the Drop of a Hat" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 216 performances 1959 Death Helen Broderick, comedienne/actress (Swing Time, Top Hat), dies 1955 Event Mont Canadien Jean Beliveau scores 2nd fastest hat trick (44 seconds) 1944 Birthday Cornelia J "Corry" Arends, Dutch actress, Fool's Hat 1943 Event Alex Smart (Mont) is 1st NHLer to score hat trick in his 1st game 1938 Event Time capsule, to be opened in 6939, buried at World's Fair in New York City (capsule contained a woman's hat, man's pipe and 1,100' of microfilm) 1932 Birthday Robert Anton Wilson, U.S., sci-fi author, Trick Top Hat 1927 Event Toronto Maple Leafs 1st hat trick (Hap Day) vs New York Rangers 1925 Death Max Linder, actor (Man in the Silk Hat), dies at 41 1919 Event De Falla and Massine's "Three-cornered Hat," premieres in London 1910 Birthday Gertruida EW "Truss" van Aalten, actress, Girl in Blue Hat 1906 Birthday Erik Rhodes, Ernest Sharpe, actor, Top Hat, Night at the Ritz 1901 Birthday Arthur Pierson, born in Oslo, Norway, actor and director, Hat Check Girl 1890 Birthday Hedda Hopper, Elda Furry, Pennsylvania, gossip columnist, From Under My Hat 1851 Event 1st baseball uniforms worn, New York Knickerbockers wear straw hat, white shirt and blue long trousers 1833 Birthday Pedro Antonio de Alarcon, born in Spain, writer, Three-Cornered Hat 1797 Event 1st top hat worn (John Etherington of London)
