2012 Event Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, the four thousand year-old ridge-top monastery in Bhutan catches fire and is destroyed; no relics were lost in the fire because the monastery was under renovation 2009 Event The engine on an airbus A320 plane catches fire at Paris-Orly airport, eight people are injured 1995 Event Jack Russell takes 11 catches in Test Cricket vs. South Africa, a record 1994 Event SF 49'er Jerry Rice catches NFL record 127th touchdown pass 1992 Event SF 49er Jerry Rice catches NFL record 101st touchdown 1992 Event Queen Elizabeth's home Windsor Castle catches fire 1990 Event New York City's Empire State Building catches fire - no fatalities 1990 Event Gary Carter catches his 1,862nd career game breaks Al Lopez's NL mark 1990 Event Norwegian Scandinavian Star catches fire; about 170 die 1987 Event Steve Largent sets all-time NFL record for career catches when he catches his 752nd pass 1987 Event Calif's Bob Boone catches record 1,919th major league game 1986 Event Tight end Brian Foster of RI catches NCAA record 18 passes for 327 yards 1985 Event Les Anderson, catches record 97 lb 4 oz Chinook Salmon, off Alaska 1985 Event Soccer stadium in Bradford England catches fire; 53 die 1983 Event Disco in Madrid catches fire; 83 die 1983 Event Toilet catches fire on Air Canada's DC-9, 23 die at Cincinnati 1982 Event Riot in Amsterdam as tram catches fire 1982 Event California catches A's Rickey Henderson stealing 3 times 1980 Event White Sox 1st baseman Mike Squires catches final inning of 11-1 loss to Brewers, becoming 1st lefty to catch since Dale Long in 1958 1980 Event Soviet sub catches fire off Japan, 9 die 1975 Event Bob Taylor catches 7 in an innings, Derbyshire vs. Yorkshire 1969 Event T Agee and Ed Kranepool home run, Agee makes 2 great catches, Mets win 5-0 1969 Event Cleveland's Cuyahgo River catches fire 1966 Event U.S. aircraft carrier Oriskany catches fire at Gulf on Tonken, 43 die 1964 Event Arnold Long takes 11 catches in the match for Surrey vs. Sussex 1964 Event Iranian motor launch catches fire and sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf) 1961 Event Niteroi Circus of Rio de Janeiro catches fire; 323 die 1960 Event Mabry Harper catches a 25 lb Walleye in Tennessee 1957 Event Mickey Stewart holds 7 cricket catches for Surrey vs. Northants 1953 Event American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to 6 safety catches 1950 Event D McI Hodgson of St. Ann Bay, Nova Scotia catches a 997 lb tuna 1947 Event A's catcher Warren Rosar catches his 147th game without an error 1945 Event Washington Senator Rick Ferrell catches a record 1,722 games 1944 Event World's largest circus tent catches fire at Ringling Brother's - Barnum and Bailey 2nd performance, 168 die (Hartford Conn) 1939 Event Bradman hits 186 SA vs. Qld before Christ catches him at short-leg 1938 Event Margaret Hamilton's costume catches fire in filming of "Wizard of Oz" 1934 Event Luxury passenger ship Morro Castle for New Jersey catches fire, 133 die 1934 Event Fenway Park catches fire for 2nd time (May 8th 1926 also) 1924 Event School in Babb's Switch, Oklahoma catches fire, 36 die 1917 Event Train near Chirurcha Romania catches fire and explodes; 100s die 1913 Event British passenger ship Volturno catches fire in Atlantic (136 kill) 1911 Event Triangle Shirtwaist Factory catches fire 145 die, all but 13 girls 1908 Event Collingwood Ohio primary school catches fire; 180 die 1904 Event Baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks) 1899 Event Windsor luxury hotel in New York City catches fire, 92 die 1892 Event New York City Metropolitan Opera House catches fire 1887 Event British SS Wah Yeung catches fire on Canton River off Hong Kong 1887 Event Gas lamp at Theater Royal in Exeter catches fire killing about 200 1887 Event Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die 1874 Event Emigrant ship Cospatrick catches fire and sinks off Auckland, New Zealand 1865 Event SS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire and sinks, killing 400 1863 Event Jesuit church in Chile catches fire, 2,500 die in panic 1858 Event Hamburg-US ship Austria catches fire and sinks, 471 die 1851 Event U.S. Library of Congress catches fire; 35,000 books burn 1842 Event Versailles to Paris train catches fire; 50 die 1841 Event Erie boat in Buffalo New York catches fire; 242 die 1836 Event Lehman-theater in St. Petersburg catches fire; 100s die 1834 Event London parliament catches fire; historic documents burn 1821 Event Paramaribo Suriname catches fire, 4 die 1800 Event English warship Queen Charlotte catches fire; 700 die 64 Event Circus Maximus in Rome catches fire
