Jimmy Carter

Some of the key events about Jimmy Carter

• 1946

  Graduated from the United States Naval Academy
• 1962

  Won election to the Georgia State Senate
• 1962

  Lost first bid for Georgia State Senate amid allegations of vote fraud by his opponent
• 1966

  Publicly supported segregationist Lester Maddox for Governor of Georgia
• 1971

  Became the 76th Governor of Georgia
• 1976

  Elected as the 39th President of the United States
• 1976

  Gave a controversial interview to Playboy magazine, admitting he had "looked on a lot of women with lust"
• 1978

  Brokered the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt
• 1979

  Established the Department of Education as a cabinet-level agency
• 1979

  Delivered the "malaise speech" which was criticized for blaming the American people for the country's problems
• 1979

  Failed to secure the release of American hostages in Iran, leading to a 444-day crisis
• 1980

  Signed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, protecting over 100 million acres of land
• 1980

  Authorized a failed military rescue mission of the hostages in Iran, resulting in the deaths of eight American servicemen
• 1980

  Suffered a landslide defeat to Ronald Reagan in the presidential election
• 1982

  Founded The Carter Center, a non-profit organization promoting human rights
• 1994

  Engaged in unauthorized diplomacy with North Korea, complicating official U.S. efforts
• 2002

  Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts
• 2006

  Published a book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid" which was criticized for alleged anti-Israel bias
• 2014

  Publicly criticized President Obama's handling of foreign policy issues, breaking with tradition of former presidents
• 2015

  Announced that he was cancer-free after undergoing treatment for melanoma

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