Jimmy Carter timeline
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Jimmy Carter is Born
Jimmy Carter is a native Georgian, born and raised in the tiny southwest Georgia hamlet of Plains near the larger town of Americus. The Carter... Read more
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Jimmy Carter Graduated from the US Naval Academy
After high school, Carter enrolled at Georgia Southwestern College, in Americus. He would later apply to the United States Naval Academy and, after... Read more
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Jimmy Carter Marries Rosalynn Smith
The Smith family had been close to the Carters for years and she was good friends with Jimmy's sister, Ruth. Rosalynn always claimed that she had... Read more
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Jimmy Carter is Discharged from the Navy
Upon the death of his father, James Earl Carter, Sr., in July 1953, Lieutenant Carter immediately resigned his commission, and he was discharged... Read more
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Jimmy Carter Wins Election to the Georgia Senate
1962 October 1: Carter tells Rosalynn he plans to run for the state senate. October 16: Carter loses the primary by 139 votes to Homer Moore,... Read more
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Jimmy Carter Wins Election for Governor of Georgia
In 1966, during the end of his career as a state senator, he flirted with the idea of running for the United States House of Representatives. His... Read more
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Jimmy Carter is inaugurated as the 39th president of the United States
The Democrats reclaimed the White House in the 1976 election. The Governor from Georgia defeated Gerald Ford, who had become President on August... Read more
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Jimmy Carter Signs The Panama Canal Treaty
President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian Chief of Government Omar Torrijos signed the Panama Canal Treaty and Neutrality Treaty on September 7, 1977.... Read more
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Susan B. Anthony Becomes First Woman to be on a Circulating US Coin
Susan B. Anthony was the first woman to be honored by having her likeness appear on a circulating United States coin. In 1978, President Jimmy... Read more
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Camp David Accords signed
The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on September 17, 1978, following... Read more
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Edward Kennedy Announces Candidacy for 1980 Presidential Nomination
Kennedy finally threw his hat into the ring for the Democratic nomination in the 1980 presidential election by launching an unusual, insurgent... Read more
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Ronald Reagan Announces Candidacy for President of the United States
Reagan-formerly an actor, Democrat, and governor of California-had first run for president in 1976 and was only barely beaten for the Republican... Read more
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President Carter Issues Executive Order 12170
In the United States, the hostage-taking is said to have created "a surge of patriotism" and left "the American people more united than they have... Read more
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'Canadian Caper' Covert Operation Succeeds in Rescuing Six American Diplomats
On January 27, 1980, the American diplomats, now travelling on Canadian passports, boarded a flight for Zürich, Switzerland, at Tehran’s Mehrabad... Read more
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Operation Eagle Claw Begins
Operation Eagle Claw (or Operation Evening Light) was a United States military operation that attempted to rescue 52 American hostages from the... Read more
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Ayatollah Khomeini Announces Conditions for Release of Hostages
The beginning of the end of the Iran hostage crisis occurred on September 12th, 1980, as Ayatollah Khomeini announced four conditions for the... Read more
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First Aircraft Test Flight through Operation Credible Sport
The test bed aircraft (74-2065) was ready for its first test flight on September 18, 1980, just three weeks after the project was initiated. The... Read more
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Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter Debate
ROBERT MacNEIL: We're back now, for a full analysis of the Carter-Reagan encounter we've just witnessed. With us to score the debate as they saw it... Read more
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Iran Hostage Crisis Ends with the Signing of the Algiers Accords
On January 20, 1981, as Ronald Reagan became President, the hostages were flown from Teheran to Europe, and on to New York. The crisis was... Read more
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Operation Uphold Democracy
Operation Uphold Democracy (September 19, 1994 – March 31, 1995) was a response to the overthrow and expulsion of the duly elected government of... Read more
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President Carter Receives the Nobel Peace Prize
In 2002, President Carter received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work "to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy... Read more