2012 Event Pope Benedict XVI's former butler receives orders from the Vatican to stand trial for his alleged involvement in leading allegations of corruption in the Holy See 2012 Event The Vatican confirms that Pope Benedict XVI's butler was arrested for allegedly leading confidential documents 1996 Death Rohan Butler, historian, dies at 79 1996 Death Ronald Alfred Gardyne "Rags" Butler, sailor, dies at 68 1993 Event "Grace Under Fire," starring Brett Butler debuts on ABC-TV 1988 Death Daws Butler, cartoon voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound), dies at 71 1982 Death Richard A Butler, England, Minister of Finance, dies at 79 1980 Event Ensign Jean Marie Butler is 1st woman to graduate from U.S. service acad 1979 Birthday Charles Butler, born in Salt Lake City Utah, dance skater 1973 Birthday Duane Butler, safety for the Minnesota Vikings 1973 Birthday Kathy Butler, Edinburgh Scotld, Canad 3k/5k runner, Olympic-8-92, 96 1973 Death Royal Butler, actor, dies at 80 1972 Birthday GiGi Gordon, Butler, Pennsylvania, Miss America-Pennsylvania 1997 1972 Birthday Butler By'not'e, NFL running back for the Carolina Panthers 1971 Birthday Johnny Ruffin, Butler AL, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds 1971 Birthday Jim Butler, born in Iowa City, Iowa, table tennis player, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Hillary Butler, WLAF linebacker for the Frankfurt Galaxy 1970 Birthday Mitchell Butler, NBA guard, Washington Bullets, Cleveland Cavaliers 1970 Birthday Yancy Butler, American Actress 1970 Birthday Lanee Butler, born in Manhasset, New York, mistral sailboat yachter, Olympic-11th-1996 1969 Birthday Gerard Butler, Scottish Actor 1969 Event Joe Orton's "What the Butler Saw," premieres in London 1968 Birthday David Pichler, born in Butler, Pennsylvania, diver, Olympics-6th-96 1968 Birthday Leroy Butler, NFL defensive back, Green Bay Packers - Superbowl 31 1968 Birthday Russell Butler, born in Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, diver, Olympics 28th-88, 96 1967 Death Frank Butler, actor/screenwriter (Road to Bali, China), dies at 76 1967 Birthday Shannon Butler, South Lake Tahoe California, 10k runner 1964 Birthday Cher Butler, born in Garland, Texas, playmate August, 1985 1962 Birthday Kevin Butler, NFL kicker for the Chicago Bears 1958 Birthday Brett Butler, born in Montgomery, Alabama, comedienne, Grace-Grace Under Fire 1957 Birthday Brett Butler, comedian, Grace Under Fire 1956 Birthday 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 Birthday Dan Butler, actor, Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe-Frasier 1954 Birthday Michael W. Butler, computer programmer, created TODAY program 1949 Birthday Geezer Butler, born in Birmingham, rocker, Black Sabbath 1949 Birthday Terry "Geezer" Butler, born in Birmingham, rock bassist, Black Sabbath 1947 Birthday Octavia E[stelle] Butler, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Wild Seed 1947 Birthday Octavia Butler, American Writer 1947 Birthday Tony Butler, rock bassist, Big Country-It's a Big Country, Wonderland 1944 Death Stephen Butler Leacock, writer/economist (Literary Lapses), dies at 75 1941 Birthday Joe Butler, rocker, drummer, vocalist, founding member of The Lovin' Spoonful, performed in musical production of Hair 1940 Death Smedley Butler, American Soldier 1939 Birthday Jerry Butler, Sunflower Mississippi, rock vocalist, Never Give You Up 1939 Death William Butler Yeats, Irish poet (Nobel), dies in France at 73 1937 Birthday Marilyn Butler, Rector, Exeter College-Oxford 1936 Birthday Viscount Mountgarret, Butler, English large landowner 1936 Birthday Butler Derrick, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Representative-D-South Carolina 1975 - 1995 1929 Birthday Lennox Butler, cricketer, 1 Test WI vs. Australia 1955, 16 and 2-151 1928 Birthday Ronald Alfred Gardyne "Rags" Butler, sailor 1927 Birthday Michael Butler, Pro-Provost/chairman, Royal College of Art 1922 Birthday Clifford Butler, vice chancellor, Loughborough University of Technology 1919 Event 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler) 1917 Birthday Rohan Butler, historian 1916 Birthday Daws Butler, born in Toledo, Ohio, animation voice, Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound 1913 Birthday Harold Butler, cricketer, England pace bowler late 40's 1902 Birthday Richard A. Butler, England, Dutch Minister of Finance/Foreign affairs 1902 Death Samuel Butler, British writer (Erewhom), dies at 66 1895 Birthday David Butler, born in San Francisco, California, director, April in Paris, Calamity Jane 1893 Birthday Royal Butler, Edwin Richey, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor 1893 Death Benjamin F Butler, U.S. gen/president candidate (anti-monopoly), dies at 74 1890 Birthday Frank Butler, Oxford England, actor/sreenwriter, Road to Bali, China 1881 Birthday Smedley Butler, American Soldier 1865 Birthday William Butler Yeats, born in Ireland, poet, Wild Swans at Coole-Nobel 1923 1864 Event Butler attacks Drewry's Bluff on James River 1863 Event Samuel Butler publishes 1st part of "Erewhon," Christchurch, New Zealand 1862 Event Union General Ben "Beast" Butler is proclaimed a "felon, outlaw and common enemy of mankind" by Jefferson Davis 1862 Event General B. Butler orders William Mumford hanged after he removed and destroyed U.S. flag on display over New Orleans Mint 1862 Event General Benjamin F Butler delegates "Woman Order" of NO to be his whores 1862 Birthday Nicholas Murray Butler, U.S., Columbia University president and pacifist, Nobel 1931 1861 Event Major General Benjamin Butler declares slaves "contraband of war" 1836 Birthday Pierce Manning Butler Young, Major General Confederate Army 1836 Birthday Matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General, Confederate Army 1835 Birthday Samuel Butler, England, author, Erewhom, Way of All Flesh 1828 Birthday Josephine Elizabeth Butler, social reformer 1818 Birthday Benjamin Franklin Butler, Major General Union volunteers 1692 Birthday Joseph Butler, Wantage Berkshire, theologian 1681 Event 1st recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher) 1680 Death Samuel Butler, poet/satirist, dies 1612 Birthday Samuel Butler, England, poet/satirist, Hudibras, baptized
