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Jimmy Carter
1924–2024
President of the United States from 1977 to 1981
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Birth
1924 October 1, 1924 →Biography
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, Carter served from 1971 to 1975 as the 76th governor of Georgia and from 1963 to 1967 in the Georgia State Senate. He lived longer than any other president in U.S. history, reaching age 100.
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Herbert Hoover eclipses John Adams as having the longest retirement of any former U.S President until that time. Hoover would live another six years, his record 31 years 7 months 16 days retirement has since been eclipsed by Jimmy Carter.
August 5 →U.S. President Jimmy Carter, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel meet at Camp David and agree on a framework for peace between Israel and Egypt and a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
September 11 →U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan
December 15 →U.S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been negligently disposed of.
August 7 →Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, US President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran.
November 12 →Iran hostage crisis: US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.
November 14 →Nach ihrer Begnadigung durch US-Präsident Jimmy Carter wird die Millionenerbin und Bankräuberin Patty Hearst aus dem Bundesgefängnis in San Francisco entlassen.
February 1 →US-Präsident Jimmy Carter beginnt eine einwöchige Friedensmission, um zwischen Israel und Ägypten zu vermitteln. Seine Bemühungen werden schließlich zur Unterzeichnung des Israelisch-ägyptischen Friedensvertrages führen.
March 7 →Ronald Reagan elected 40th President of the United States in landslide victory over President Jimmy Carter.
November 4 →More from the Interwar & WWII
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