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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

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