On This Day: Robbie Fowler's Unbelievable Hat-Trick and Other Sports Events

On August 28, 1994, Liverpool's Robbie Fowler scored an incredible hat-trick in 4 minutes and 33 seconds in the Premier League, a record that lasted 21 years.

Other sports events that happened on this day:

• 2004: Fragiskos Alvertis played for the last time with the Greek National Basketball Team. Elisavet Mystakidou won the silver medal in taekwondo at the Athens Olympics.
• 2001: The Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) and the Turkish Football Federation agreed to submit a joint bid for Euro 2008. Sergei Perkhun, CSKA Moscow's goalkeeper, died after an injury in a match.
• 1999: Mirela Manjani won the gold medal in javelin at the World Championships in Seville.
• 1981: Béla Guttmann, Hungarian coach, passed away. Sebastian Coe set a world record in the mile.
• 1971: Janet Evans, American swimmer, was born.
• 1961: Jay Silvester broke the world record in discus throwing. Thomas Connolly, a figure in baseball, passed away.
• 1922: The USA won the 1st Walker Cup in amateur golf.