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