Ca sĩ R&B Ruben Studdard

Events in 1978 and 12-9

Events in the world in the birth year of Ruben Studdard

• Rhodesia's Prime Minister Ian D. Smith and three black leaders agree on transfer to black majority rule (Feb. 15).
• US Senate approves Panama Canal neutrality treaty (March 16); votes treaty to turn canal over to Panama by year 2000 (April 18).
• Former Italian Premier Aldo Moro kidnapped by left wing terrorists, who kill five bodyguards (March 16); he is found slain (May 9).
• Pope Paul VI , dead at 80, mourned (Aug. 6); new Pope, John Paul I, 65, dies unexpectedly after 34 days in office (Sept. 28); succeeded by Karol Cardinal Wojtyla of Poland as John Paul II (Oct. 16).
• "Framework for Peace" in Middle East signed by Egypt's President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Premier Menachem Begin after 13-day conference at Camp David led by President Jimmy Carter (Sept. 17).
• Jim Jones's followers commit mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana (Nov. 18).

Birthday Ruben Studdard (12-9) in history

• Day 12-9 year 1609: Explorer Henry Hudson began his exploration of the river that is now named after him.
• Day 12-9 year 1953: Future President John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Bouvier.
• Day 12-9 year 1977: South African black civil rights leader Steven Biko died while in police custody.
• Day 12-9 year 1992: Dr. Mae Carol Jemison became the first black woman in space aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour .
• Day 12-9 year 1999: Indonesia announced it would allow an international peacekeeping force to restore order to East Timor.