1991 Death Jacques Benoit, JJM Bayer, poet, dies 1988 Event Bob Benoit bowls 1st 300-pt game in a televised title match 1984 Event Joan Benoit (U.S.) wins 1st Olympic marathon for women (2:24:52) 1984 Event Joan Benoit runs world record female marathon (2:22:43) 1983 Event 12th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:22:43 1979 Event 8th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:35:15 1972 Birthday Sheldon Benoit, CFL linebacker for the BC Lions 1968 Birthday Benoit Brunet, Pointe Claire, NHL left wing, Montreal Canadiens 1968 Birthday David Benoit, NBA forward, Utah Jazz, New Jersey Nets 1966 Birthday Benoit Hogue, Repentigny, NHL center for the Dallas Stars 1964 Birthday Benoit Benjamin, NBA center for the Milwaukee Bucks 1963 Birthday Benoit Doucet, born in Montreal, Quebec, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998 1957 Birthday Joan Benoit Samuelson, born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, marathoner, Gold Medal 1994 Olympics 1924 Birthday Benoit Mandelbrot, Warsaw Poland, mathematician, proved Zipf's law 1901 Death Peter Benoit, Flemish composer and conductor (High Mass), dies at 66 1834 Birthday Peter Benoit, Flemish composer and conductor, Leie/Rubens Cantata
