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Jimmy Carter is elected President
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President Carter pardons Vietnam draft evaders
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Andrei Sakharov was a nuclear physicist who developed thermonuclear weapons.
“You may rest assured that the American people and our government will continue our
firm commitment to promote respect for human rights not only in our own country but
also abroad.” President Jimmy Carter -
In an address to the nation, Carter calls his program of energy conservation the “moral equivalent of war.”
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Carter speaks at Notre Dame University, presenting a new direction in foreign policy which takes the focus off anti-Communism and emphasizes support for fundamental human rights.
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Carter announces opposition to production of the B-1 strategic bomber.
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Newly elected Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets with Carter in Washington.
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Carter visits the Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi, in Tehran, calling Iran “an island of stability” in the Middle East
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Carter travels to India, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, France, and Belgium.
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Carter invokes the Taft-Hartley Act to end a strike by coal miners
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Carter mediates talks between Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel and President Anwar Sadat of Egypt at Camp David, resulting in a peace treaty between the two nations
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Congress passes a revised energy bill eighteen months after Carter proposed it. Congress also passes the Humphrey-Hawkins full employment bill.
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The Carter administration grants full diplomatic status to the People's Republic of China
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Carter announces his “phase two” energy plan calling for conservation and phasing out price controls on oil
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Carter approves development of the MX missile
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Carter delivers what becomes known as his “malaise speech,” blaming the problems of the nation on “a crisis of spirit.”
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Carter signs a bill establishing the Department of Education and appoints Shirley Hufstedler as its secretary
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Carter officially announces his candidacy for reelection
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Due to the invasion of Afghanistan, Carter asks the Senate to table its consideration of SALT II. He also placed an embargo on grain sales to the Soviet Union and suggests the possibility of boycotting the Summer Olympics in Moscow
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Carter announces the “Carter Doctrine” in his State of the Union address, asserting that threats to the Persian Gulf region will be viewed as “an assault of the vital interests of the United States.”
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Carter announces that the economy is in recession, with the inflation rates hitting ten percent and interest rates climbing to eighteen percent.
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Carter signs Presidential Directive 59 advocating a strategy for fighting a “limited” nuclear war
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Carter loses election to Ronald Reagan, winning only 49 electoral votes to Reagan's 489
