Jimmy Carter

When Jimmy Carter was born

Oct 1, 1924

Jimmy Carter was born on October 1, 1924,and he lived in Plains, Georgia.

When he got married

Jul 7, 1946

He got married July 7, 1946 to Eleanor Rosalynn Smith.

John was born

Jul 3, 1947

John William (Jack) Carter born in Portsmouth, Virginia.

Chip was born

Apr 12, 1950

James Earl III (Chip) born in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Discharged from the Navy

Oct 9, 1953

Carter was discharged from the Navy on October 9, 1953.

Became state senator

Jan 14, 1963

He beame state senator in Atlanta, Georgia.

Loses the Democratic primary for governor

Sep 1, 1966

He lost the Democratic primary for governor of Georgia.

When Amy was born

Oct 19, 1967

Amy Lynn Carter was born in Plains, Georgia.

When Carter was elected governor

Nov 3, 1970

Mr. Carter was elected governor of Georgia, he also beats former Republican governor Carl Sanders.

When Jimmy Carter became President

Jan 12, 1971

Carter was sworn in as the 76th Governor of Georgia on January 12, 1971, and held this post for one term, until January 14, 1975.

Elected president

Nov 2, 1976

Carter was elected president,he is the 39th president.

B-1 Bomber program ended

Jun 30, 1977

B-1 bomber is a warplane made to replace the B-52 bomber.

Sign a peace treaty

Mar 26, 1979

Israel and Egypt sign a peace treaty on Carter's White House lawn. The peace treaty ended a state of war after 30 years.

SALT II was signed

Jun 18, 1979

Soviet leader Anatoly Brezhnev and Carter sign the arms control SALT II.

Iranian Hostage Crisis

Nov 4, 1979

Iranian Hostage Crisis lasted four hundred and fourty four days. The angry mob of young Islamic revolutionaries were the ones who were holding the inocint people hostage.

Defeats Senator Kennedy

Jan 20, 1980

Senator Kennedy was defeated by Carter in the caucuses of Iowa.

Receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Aug 9, 1999

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest medal of honor for an American civilian.

Nobel Peace Prize

Oct 11, 2002

Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development."

Grammy Award

Feb 7, 2011

Jimmy Carter won Best Spoken Word Album for the audio book of "Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis." Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis share the award with him.

Carter still lives today

May 5, 2013

Carter is still living today being the age of eighty nine years old.