Comedian James Corden

Events in 1978 and 22-8

Events in the world in the birth year of James Corden

• 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 James Corden (22-8) in history

• Day 22-8 year 1642: The English Civil War began between supporters of King Charles I and supporters of politician Oliver Cromwell.
• Day 22-8 year 1775: King George III declared the American colonies in open rebellion.
• Day 22-8 year 1846: The United States annexed New Mexico.
• Day 22-8 year 1851: The U.S. yacht America outraced the British Aurora off the English coast to win a trophy that became known as the America's Cup.
• Day 22-8 year 1902: Theodore Roosevelt became the first United States president to ride in an automobile.
• Day 22-8 year 1910: Korea was annexed by Japan after five years as a protectorate.
• Day 22-8 year 1989: Black Panther co-founder Huey P. Newton was shot to death in Oakland, Calif.
• Day 22-8 year 2003: Alabama's chief justice, Roy Moore, was suspended for refusing to move a Ten Commandments monument from the state courthouse.
• Day 22-8 year 2004: A version of Edvard Munch's painting The Scream was stolen in Norway. Another version had been stolen in 1994.