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Benoit


1991 Jacques Benoit, JJM Bayer, poet, dies

1988 Bob Benoit bowls 1st 300-pt game in a televised title match

1984 Joan Benoit (U.S.) wins 1st Olympic marathon for women (2:24:52)

1984 Joan Benoit runs world record female marathon (2:22:43)

1983 12th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:22:43

1979 8th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:35:15

1972 Sheldon Benoit, CFL linebacker for the BC Lions

1968 Benoit Brunet, Pointe Claire, NHL left wing, Montreal Canadiens

1968 David Benoit, NBA forward, Utah Jazz, New Jersey Nets

1966 Benoit Hogue, Repentigny, NHL center for the Dallas Stars

1964 Benoit Benjamin, NBA center for the Milwaukee Bucks

1963 Benoit Doucet, born in Montreal, Quebec, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998

1957 Joan Benoit Samuelson, born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, marathoner, Gold Medal 1994 Olympics

1924 Benoit Mandelbrot, Warsaw Poland, mathematician, proved Zipf's law

1901 Peter Benoit, Flemish composer and conductor (High Mass), dies at 66

1834 Peter Benoit, Flemish composer and conductor, Leie/Rubens Cantata


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