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Jimmy was born in the tiny Georgia city of Plains.
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Carter applied to the United States Naval Aacdemy. When he graduated he was the 59th out of 820 at the Naval Academy. He had a Bachelor of Science degree with an unspecified major.
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Jimmy and Rosalynn met from a mutual friend.
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The Carters' first child, John William Carter, is born in Portsmouth, Virginia.
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The Carters' second child, James Earl III Carter, is born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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The Carters' third child, Donnel Jeffrey Carter, is born in New London, Connecticut.
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Carter plans to run for the state senate.
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The General Assembly session opens in Atlanta. Jimmy Carter is sworn in as state senator.
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Carter announces he is running for governor.
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Carter loses the Democratic primary for governor. Though severely disappointed, he immediately tells supporters he will run again
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The Carters' fourth child, Amy Lynn, is born in Plains, Georgia.
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Carter formally announces he is running for governor of Georgia, challenging former governor Carl Sanders.
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Carter wins the vote in the Democratic primary, beating Sanders.
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Carter is sworn in as governor of Georgia.
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In the wake of Nixon's Watergate scandal, Democrats score huge gains in the midterm elections, giving them comfortable majorities in both houses of Congress.
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Carter announces his candidacy for president.
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Jimmy Carter is elected president of the United States
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Inauguration Day. To everyone's surprise, the Carters get out of their limousine and walk down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House.
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Carter issues a pardon to most of those who evaded the draft in order to avoid going to Vietnam.
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Carter and President Anwar el Sadat of Egypt meet for the first time.
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Carter and newly elected Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meet for the first time, in Washington.
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Carter and Panamanian president Omar Torrijos Herrera sign the Panama Canal treaties.
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Carter signs the International Covenant on Human Rights.
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The Senate ratifies the second Panama Canal treaty.
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65,000 demonstrators march on Washington and demand a shutdown of America's nuclear plants.
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Carter received the Nobel Peace Prize for his ides to find peaceful solutions to different conflicts.
