April 17, 1997 Chaim Herzog, President of Israel (1983-93), dies at 78 April 17, 1997 John Bell, 115, recieves new pacemaker April 17, 1997 New Jersey Devil Martin Brodeur is 2nd NHL goalie to score in a playoff game April 17, 1996 Eva Jones, poet/novelist, dies at 82 April 17, 1996 Jose Luis Lopez Aranguren, philosopher, dies at 86 April 17, 1996 Michele Carew, daughter of baseball great Rod, dies of Leukemia at 18 April 17, 1995 24th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:25:11 April 17, 1995 99th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:09:22 April 17, 1995 A R A (Anton) Murray, cricketer (289 runs & 11 wkts in 10 Tests), dies April 17, 1995 Nancy Mayhew Youngman, artist/educator, dies at 88 April 17, 1994 55th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Lee Trevino wins April 17, 1994 Aruba government of Oduber falls April 17, 1994 Jennie Garth weds Dan Clark April 17, 1994 Peter Hacker, U.S. journalist/actor (NBC, Broadcast News), dies at 69 April 17, 1994 Val Skinner wins LPGA Atlanta Women's Golf Championship April 17, 1993 Police officers found guilty of violating Rodney Kings civil rights April 17, 1993 STS-56 (Discovery) lands April 17, 1993 Turgut ™zal, president of Turkey (1989-93), dies at 65 April 17, 1992 Hank Penny, country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure April 17, 1991 Dow Jones closes above 3,000 for 1st time (3,004.46)