1995 Death Butterfly McQueen, actress 'Gone With the Wind', dies in a fire at 84 1995 Event Angela Kennedy swims world record 100m butterfly 1995 Event Angela Kennedy swims woman's world record 50m butterfly 1995 Event Mark Foster swims world record 50m butterfly (23.55 sec) 1995 Event Amy van Dikes swims woman's world record 50 m butterfly (26.73) 1994 Event Tropical Butterfly Garden at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens 1994 Event Mark Foster swims world record 50m butterfly (23.68 sec) 1994 Death Jarmila Novotna, Czechoslovakian/U.S. soprano, 'Madame Butterfly', dies at 86 1994 Event Yat Weiju swims world record 50m butterfly stroke (26.44) 1994 Event Yat Weiju swims world record 100m butterfly stroke (58.71) 1993 Event Angela Kennedy swims world record 50 m butterfly stroke (26.93) 1992 Event Jan Karlsson swims world record 50m butterfly (23.80 sec) 1991 Event Melvin Stewart swims world record 200 m butterfly (1:55.69) 1991 Event Qian Hong swims female world record 50m butterfly (27.30 sec) 1988 Event 42nd Tony Awards: M Butterfly and Phantom of the Opera win 1988 Event David Henry Hwang's "M. Butterfly," premieres in New York City 1986 Event Pedro Morales swims world record 100m butterfly (52.84) 1981 Event Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 100m butterfly (57.93) 1981 Event Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 200m butterfly (2:05.96) 1981 Event Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 100 m butterfly (58.91) 1981 Event Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 200 m butterfly (2:05.65) 1980 Birthday Jessica Deglau, Vancouver BC, 200m butterfly 1996 Olympics 1979 Birthday Zhang Ziyi, born in Beijing, China, actress, internationally successful film star, appeared in 'Hero', 'Purple Butterfly', 'House of Flying Daggars', 'The Horsemen', 'Memoirs of a Geisha' 1977 Birthday Andrea Schwartz, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 200m butterfly 1996 Olympics 1976 Birthday Matt Welsh, born in Melbourne, Australia, professional swimmer, backstroke and butterfly gold medalist at the World Championships in Shanghai, 2006 1976 Birthday Jessica Amey, born in Montreal, Quebec, 100m butterfly/4 x 100 1996 Olympics 1976 Birthday Tom Malchow, U.S., 200m butterfly/free, 1996 Olympics silver 1975 Birthday John Hargis, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, 100m butterfly 1996 Olympics 1975 Birthday Sarah Evanetz, born in Vancouver BC, 100m butterfly 1996 Olympics 1975 Birthday Casey Barrett, born in Montreal, Quebec, 200m Butterfly 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday Annette Salmeen, 200m butterfly/800m freestyle relay 1996 Olympics 1974 Event Barbra Streisand records the album "Butterfly" 1973 Birthday Scott Goodman, Hobart Tasmania Aus, 200m butterfly swimmer, 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Susie O'Neill, born in Mackay, Australia, butterfly swimmer, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Ray Carey, U.S., 200m butterfly 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Amy Van Dyken, 50m/100m freestyle/100m butterfly swimmer, 2 Gold Medals 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Summer Sanders, California, butterfly swimmer, Gold Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Eddie Parenti, born in Montreal, Quebec, 100m butterfly swimmer 1996 Olympics 1971 Event Rock group Iron Butterfly disbands 1969 Birthday Mark Henderson, U.S., 4X100m butterfly, 1996 Olympics gold 1968 Birthday Mel Stewart, North Carolina, 200m butterfly swimmer, Olympics gold 92 1968 Birthday Melvin Stewart, U.S. butterfly swimmer, 200m record 1968 Event Iron Butterfly's "In-a-gadda-da-vida" becomes 1st heavy metal song to hit charts, it comes in at #117 1965 Birthday Andrew Jameson, born in Crosby, England, competitive swimmer, sports commentator for the BBC, won gold medal for 100m butterfly in 1987 European Championships 1964 Birthday Pablo Morales, born in Chicago, Illinois, butterfly swimmer, 3 Gold medals 1984, 1992 Olympics, 2 Silver Medals 1982 Olympics 1964 Birthday Mary Meagher-Plant, 100m butterfly swimmer, 1984, 1988 Olympics 1963 Birthday Caren Metschuck, born in East Germany, 100m butterfly swimmer, 1980 Olympics gold 1953 Birthday James di Donato, twin who swam the butterfly 406 miles 1953 Birthday Jonathan di Donato, twin who swam the butterfly 406 miles 1952 Birthday Phil Kramer, born in Youngtown, Ohio, rocker, Iron Butterfly 1951 Birthday Howard Reitzes, Southgate California, rocker, Iron Butterfly 1950 Birthday Erik Braunn, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock guitarist, Iron Butterfly 1950 Birthday Eric Braunn, rocker, Iron Butterfly 1949 Birthday Larry "Rhino" Rheinhardt, rock guitarist, Iron Butterfly 1948 Birthday Sharon Stouder, U.S., 100m butterfly swimmer 1964 Olympic gold 1948 Birthday Mike Pinear, rock guitarist, Iron Butterfly 1948 Birthday Larry Reinhardt, rocker, Iron Butterfly 1946 Birthday Doug Ingle, Omaha Nebraska, rock vocalist/keyboards, Iron Butterfly 1945 Birthday Ronald Bushy, Washington D.C., rock drummer, Iron Butterfly 1945 Birthday Lee Dorman, born in St. Louis, Missouri, rock bassist, Iron Butterfly 1941 Birthday Placido Domingo, born in Madrid, Spain, opera tenor, Pinkerton-Mme Butterfly 1935 Birthday Mirella Freni, Modena Italy, lyric soprano, Madame Butterfly 1926 Birthday Galina Vishnevskaya, Leningrad, soprano, Madama Butterfly 1924 Death Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer, 'Madama Butterfly', dies in Brussels at 65 1924 Birthday Audie Murphy, born in Kingston, Texas, WW II hero/actor, Destry, Joe Butterfly 1911 Birthday Butterfly McQueen, Thelma, born in Tampa, Florida, actress, 'Gone With the Wind' 1904 Event Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly," premieres in Milan 1891 Birthday Irving Pichel, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor and director, Mme Butterfly, Oliver Twist
