Chronicle of Jimmy Carter

Carter was hospitalized for a procedure to relieve pressure on his brain caused by bleeding connected with his falls.

Carter sustained an injury above his left eyebrow in another fall at home, requiring 14 stitches.

Carter announced he had been diagnosed with cancer that had metastasized, without specifying where the cancer had originated.

Jimmy Carter underwent an elective surgery to remove a small mass on his liver.

Carter issued Executive Order 12205, imposing economic sanctions against Iran, and announced further government measures to ensure a safe release of the hostages.

Carter delivered an address stressing the urgency of energy conservation and increasing domestic production of energy sources.

Carter submitted a standby gasoline rationing plan per the request of Congress.

Carter signed the Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977, forming the Department of Energy.

Jimmy Carter announced his presidential campaign at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

Carter said he might call a special session of the general assembly if the Justice Department opted to turn down any reapportionment plans by either the House or Senate.

Jimmy Carter was sworn in as the 76th governor of Georgia. In his inaugural speech, he declared that 'the time for racial discrimination is over'.

Carter announced his intention to establish a Georgia Human Rights Council to help solve issues ahead of any potential violence.

Jimmy Carter left active duty in the Navy to take over the family peanut business after his father's death.

An accident with the experimental NRX reactor at Atomic Energy of Canada's Chalk River Laboratories caused a partial meltdown. Carter was ordered to Chalk River to assist in the shutdown of the reactor.

Jimmy Carter married Rosalynn Smith in the Plains Methodist Church.

Jimmy Carter graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy.

James Earl Carter Jr. was born in Plains, Georgia, at the Wise Sanitarium, where his mother worked as a registered nurse. He became the first American president born in a hospital.