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1996 Rohan Butler, historian, dies at 79

1996 Ronald Alfred Gardyne "Rags" Butler, sailor, dies at 68

1993 "Grace Under Fire," starring Brett Butler debuts on ABC-TV

1988 Daws Butler, cartoon voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound), dies at 71

1982 Richard A Butler, England, Minister of Finance, dies at 79

1980 Ensign Jean Marie Butler is 1st woman to graduate from U.S. service acad

1979 Charles Butler, born in Salt Lake City Utah, dance skater

1973 Duane Butler, safety for the Minnesota Vikings

1973 Kathy Butler, Edinburgh Scotld, Canad 3k/5k runner, Olympic-8-92, 96

1973 Royal Butler, actor, dies at 80

1972 GiGi Gordon, Butler, Pennsylvania, Miss America-Pennsylvania 1997

1972 Butler By'not'e, NFL running back for the Carolina Panthers

1971 Johnny Ruffin, Butler AL, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds

1971 Jim Butler, born in Iowa City, Iowa, table tennis player, 1992, 1996 Olympics

1971 Hillary Butler, WLAF linebacker for the Frankfurt Galaxy

1970 Mitchell Butler, NBA guard, Washington Bullets, Cleveland Cavaliers

1970 Yancy Butler, American Actress

1970 Lanee Butler, born in Manhasset, New York, mistral sailboat yachter, Olympic-11th-1996

1969 Gerard Butler, Scottish Actor

1969 Joe Orton's "What the Butler Saw," premieres in London

1968 David Pichler, born in Butler, Pennsylvania, diver, Olympics-6th-96

1968 Leroy Butler, NFL defensive back, Green Bay Packers - Superbowl 31

1968 Russell Butler, born in Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, diver, Olympics 28th-88, 96

1967 Frank Butler, actor/screenwriter (Road to Bali, China), dies at 76

1967 Shannon Butler, South Lake Tahoe California, 10k runner

1964 Cher Butler, born in Garland, Texas, playmate August, 1985

1962 Kevin Butler, NFL kicker for the Chicago Bears

1958 Brett Butler, born in Montgomery, Alabama, comedienne, Grace-Grace Under Fire

1957 Brett Butler, comedian, Grace Under Fire

1956 Judith Butler, born in Cleveland, Ohio, philosopher, professor, U of C, Berkeley, specialty, post-structuralism, Ph. D. Yale University, areas of study include feminist theory, Jewish philosophy, ethics, sexuality, developed idea of sex and gender as social construction

1954 Dan Butler, actor, Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe-Frasier

1954 Michael W. Butler, computer programmer, created TODAY program

1949 Geezer Butler, born in Birmingham, rocker, Black Sabbath

1949 Terry "Geezer" Butler, born in Birmingham, rock bassist, Black Sabbath

1947 Octavia E[stelle] Butler, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Wild Seed

1947 Octavia Butler, American Writer

1947 Tony Butler, rock bassist, Big Country-It's a Big Country, Wonderland

1944 Stephen Butler Leacock, writer/economist (Literary Lapses), dies at 75

1941 Joe Butler, rocker, drummer, vocalist, founding member of The Lovin' Spoonful, performed in musical production of Hair

1940 Smedley Butler, American Soldier

1939 Jerry Butler, Sunflower Mississippi, rock vocalist, Never Give You Up

1939 William Butler Yeats, Irish poet (Nobel), dies in France at 73

1937 Marilyn Butler, Rector, Exeter College-Oxford

1936 Viscount Mountgarret, Butler, English large landowner

1936 Butler Derrick, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Representative-D-South Carolina 1975 - 1995

1929 Lennox Butler, cricketer, 1 Test WI vs. Australia 1955, 16 and 2-151

1928 Ronald Alfred Gardyne "Rags" Butler, sailor

1927 Michael Butler, Pro-Provost/chairman, Royal College of Art

1922 Clifford Butler, vice chancellor, Loughborough University of Technology

1919 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler)

1917 Rohan Butler, historian

1916 Daws Butler, born in Toledo, Ohio, animation voice, Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound

1913 Harold Butler, cricketer, England pace bowler late 40's

1902 Richard A. Butler, England, Dutch Minister of Finance/Foreign affairs

1902 Samuel Butler, British writer (Erewhom), dies at 66

1895 David Butler, born in San Francisco, California, director, April in Paris, Calamity Jane

1893 Royal Butler, Edwin Richey, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor

1893 Benjamin F Butler, U.S. gen/president candidate (anti-monopoly), dies at 74

1890 Frank Butler, Oxford England, actor/sreenwriter, Road to Bali, China

1881 Smedley Butler, American Soldier

1865 William Butler Yeats, born in Ireland, poet, Wild Swans at Coole-Nobel 1923

1864 Butler attacks Drewry's Bluff on James River

1863 Samuel Butler publishes 1st part of "Erewhon," Christchurch, New Zealand

1862 Union General Ben "Beast" Butler is proclaimed a "felon, outlaw and common enemy of mankind" by Jefferson Davis

1862 General B. Butler orders William Mumford hanged after he removed and destroyed U.S. flag on display over New Orleans Mint

1862 General Benjamin F Butler delegates "Woman Order" of NO to be his whores

1862 Nicholas Murray Butler, U.S., Columbia University president and pacifist, Nobel 1931

1861 Major General Benjamin Butler declares slaves "contraband of war"

1836 Pierce Manning Butler Young, Major General Confederate Army

1836 Matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General, Confederate Army

1835 Samuel Butler, England, author, Erewhom, Way of All Flesh

1828 Josephine Elizabeth Butler, social reformer

1818 Benjamin Franklin Butler, Major General Union volunteers

1692 Joseph Butler, Wantage Berkshire, theologian

1681 1st recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher)

1680 Samuel Butler, poet/satirist, dies

1612 Samuel Butler, England, poet/satirist, Hudibras, baptized


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