As well as everything else – There is no celebration of No Pants Subway Ride Day once again this year, in NYC –
“The No Pants Subway Ride is not happening in New York in 2023,” reads a message on the initiative’s official website. “After 19 years of producing the event, we’ve decided to take a break (sadly the pandemic ruined our plans of making it 20 years in a row!).” Should you wish to ride the subway sans pants, you are on your own.
You can celebrate National Hat Day today though. John Etherington, a London haberdasher stepped out of his shop on the Strand, on this date in 1797, wearing a new hat of his own design. His black top hat was so startling that it drew a crowd – one man purported was shoved through a storefront window. Etherington was arrested for disturbing the peace, but within a month, he had more hat orders than he could handle.
Although more body heat is lost from your head than other parts of the body, in Fargo, North Dakota, there is a law that forbids dancing while wearing a hat under the penalty of jail. I hope someone informed Mr. Astaire of that fact.
The Haus of Dcaligari 