1995 Butterfly McQueen, actress (Gone With the Wind), dies in a fire at 84
1995 Angela Kennedy swims world record 100m butterfly
1995 Angela Kennedy swims woman's world record 50m butterfly
1995 Mark Foster swims world record 50m butterfly (23.55 sec)
1995 Amy van Dikes swims woman's world record 50 m butterfly (26.73)
1994 Tropical Butterfly Garden at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens
1994 Mark Foster swims world record 50m butterfly (23.68 sec)
1994 Jarmila Novotna, Czech/US soprano (Madame Butterfly), dies at 86
1994 Yat Weiju swims world record 50m butterfly stroke (26.44)
1994 Yat Weiju swims world record 100m butterfly stroke (58.71)
1993 Angela Kennedy swims world record 50 m butterfly stroke (26.93)
1992 Jan Karlsson swims world record 50m butterfly (23.80 sec)
1991 Melvin Stewart swims world record 200 m butterfly (1:55.69)
1991 Qian Hong swims female world record 50m butterfly (27.30 sec)
1988 42nd Tony Awards: M Butterfly and Phantom of the Opera win
1988 David Henry Hwang's "M. Butterfly," premieres in New York City
1986 Pedro Morales swims world record 100m butterfly (52.84)
1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 100m butterfly (57.93)
1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 200m butterfly (2:05.96)
1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 100 m butterfly (58.91)
1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 200 m butterfly (2:05.65)
1980 Jessica Deglau, Vancouver BC, 200m butterfly 1996 Olympics
1977 Andrea Schwartz, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 200m butterfly 1996 Olympics
1976 Jessica Amey, born in Montreal, Quebec, 100m butterfly/4 x 100 1996 Olympics
1976 Tom Malchow, U.S., 200m butterfly/free, 1996 Olympics silver
1975 John Hargis, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, 100m butterfly 1996 Olympics
1975 Sarah Evanetz, born in Vancouver BC, 100m butterfly 1996 Olympics
1975 Casey Barrett, born in Montreal, Quebec, 200m Butterfly 1996 Olympics
1974 Annette Salmeen, 200m butterfly/800m freestyle relay 1996 Olympics
1974 Barbra Streisand records the album "Butterfly"
1973 Scott Goodman, Hobart Tasmania Aus, 200m butterfly swimmer, Oly-br-96
1973 Susie O'Neill, Mackay Austral, butterfly swimmer, Oly-br/gold-92, 96
1973 Ray Carey, U.S., 200m butterfly 1996 Olympics
1973 Amy Van Dyken, 50m/100m freestyle/100m butterfly swimmer, Oly-2 g-96
1972 Summer Sanders, California, butterfly swimmer, Olympics gold 1992, 96
1971 Eddie Parenti, born in Montreal, Quebec, 100m butterfly swimmer 1996 Olympics
1971 Rock group Iron Butterfly disbands
1969 Mark Henderson, U.S., 4X100m butterfly, 1996 Olympics gold
1968 Mel Stewart, North Carolina, 200m butterfly swimmer, Olympics gold 92
1968 Melvin Stewart, U.S. butterfly swimmer, 200m record
1968 Iron Butterfly's "In-a-gadda-da-vida" becomes 1st heavy metal song to hit charts, it comes in at #117
1964 Pablo Morales, Chic, butterfly swimmer, Oly-3 gold/2 silver-1984, 92
1964 Mary Meagher-Plant, 100m butterfly swimmer, Oly-3 gold/silv/br-84, 88
1963 Caren Metschuck, German DR, 100m butterfly swimmer, 1980 Olympics gold
1953 James di Donato, twin who swam the butterfly 406 miles
1953 Jonathan di Donato, twin who swam the butterfly 406 miles
1952 Phil Kramer, born in Youngtown, Ohio, rocker, Iron Butterfly
1951 Howard Reitzes, Southgate California, rocker, Iron Butterfly
1950 Erik Braunn, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock guitarist, Iron Butterfly
1950 Eric Braunn, rocker, Iron Butterfly
1949 Larry "Rhino" Rheinhardt, rock guitarist, Iron Butterfly
1948 Sharon Stouder, U.S., 100m butterfly swimmer 1964 Olympic gold
1948 Mike Pinear, rock guitarist, Iron Butterfly
1948 Larry Reinhardt, rocker, Iron Butterfly
1946 Doug Ingle, Omaha Nebraska, rock vocalist/keyboards, Iron Butterfly
1945 Ronald Bushy, Washington D.C., rock drummer, Iron Butterfly
1945 Lee Dorman, born in St. Louis, Missouri, rock bassist, Iron Butterfly
1941 Placido Domingo, born in Madrid, Spain, opera tenor, Pinkerton-Mme Butterfly
1935 Mirella Freni, Modena Italy, lyric soprano, Madame Butterfly
1926 Galina Vishnevskaya, Leningrad, soprano, Madama Butterfly
1924 Giacomo Puccini, Ital composer (Mme Butterfly), dies in Brussels at 65
1924 Audie Murphy, born in Kingston, Texas, WW II hero/actor, Destry, Joe Butterfly
1911 Butterfly McQueen, [Thelma], born in Tampa, Florida, actress, Gone With the Wind
1904 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly," premieres in Milan
1891 Irving Pichel, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor and director, Mme Butterfly, Oliver Twist
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