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He was born on October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia. His father was James Sr. and his mother was Bessie Lillian Gordy
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In 1928, him and his family moved to a town called Archery.
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Great Depression hits on October 29, 1929.
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Jimmy Carter's brother, Billy Carter, is born on March 29, 1937
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The Great Depression ends in 1939.
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World War 2 begins on September 1, 1939.
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In 1941, he was the first person to graduate from high school on his father’s side.
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He applied to the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1943.
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World War 2 ends on September 2, 1945.
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He graduated in the top ten percent of his class in 1946.
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He married Rosalynn Smith on June 1946.
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John William Carter is born in 1947( he changed his name to Jack Carter)
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James Earl Carter lll is born in 1950
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In 1952 Carter was assigned to work with Admiral Hyman Rickover developing a nuclear submarine program in Schenectady, New York.
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Donnel Jeffrey Carter is born in 1952
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In July 1953, Carter's father passed away from pancreatic cancer.
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In Georgia, Carter resuscitated the family farm and became active in community politics, winning a seat on the Sumter County Board of Education in 1955 and eventually becoming its chairman
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In 1966, he ran for governor and finished at third place
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Amy Carter is born in 1967
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in 1970 Carter defeated Carl Sanders to become governor of Georgia.
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Jimmy Carter was one of ten candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1976.
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He became the 39th president in 1977.
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Ronald Reagan ,the former actor and governor of California, challenged Carter for the presidency in 1980.
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Ronald Reagan becomes president in 1981.
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Billy Carter dies on September 25, 1988
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In 2002 Jimmy Carter received 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."
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On August 12, 2015, Carter underwent surgery to remove a mass from his liver and discovered that he had cancer.
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On March 2018, he released a book on political topics.
