| February 28, 1732 |
The final eighth of Georgia is conferred to the Trustees, coming from Lord Carteret.
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| November 24, 1780 |
Farish Carter born, South Carolina
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| November 20, 1856 |
Farish Carter Tate born in Jasper (Pickens County). Tate, who was educated at North Georgia Agricultural College in Dahlonega, went on to serve 6 consecutive terms in the U. S. House, and served as U. S. District Attorney
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| July 2, 1861 |
Farish Carter dies, Milledgeville
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Milledgeville |
| August 15, 1898 |
Lilian Carter born, Richland, Georgia
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Lillian Carter |
| August 24, 1903 |
Charles Henry Smith ("Bill Arp") dies, Cartersville, GA
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Charles Henry Smith 'Bill Arp' |
| February 7, 1922 |
Farish Carter Tate dies, Jasper
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| October 1, 1924 |
Jimmy Carter born, Plains, Georgia
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Sumter County, Georgia |
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Jimmy Carter |
| August 18, 1927 |
Rosalynn Smith (Carter) born, Plains, Georgia
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Jimmy Carter |
| July 7, 1946 |
Jimmy Carter marries his childhood sweetheart, Eleanor Rosalynn Smith
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Jimmy Carter |
| September 25, 1946 |
Chief Justice of the state supreme court Robert Benham is born in Cartersville
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| August 15, 1947 |
Captain Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter born, Macon, GA
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Capt. Manley Lanier Carter |
| January 31, 1950 |
Allatoona Dam (Cartersville, GA) begins generating electricity |
| October 16, 1962 |
Jimmy Carter loses the Democratic primary in a run for the Georgia senate. Carter asks for a recount and wins, thanks to Baker v. Carr
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Jimmy Carter |
| January 14, 1963 |
Jimmy Carter sworn in as state senator
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Jimmy Carter |
| September 15, 1966 |
In one of the tightest races for governor in the history of the state, Ellis Arnell, Lester Maddox, Jimmy Carter and James Grey all finish with more than 150,000 votes. Arnell and Maddox are forced into a run-off
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Jimmy Carter |
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1966 Election for Governor of Georgia |
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Lester Maddox |
| January 6, 1969 |
Jimmy Carter witnesses a flying saucer |
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Jimmy Carter |
| April 3, 1970 |
Jimmy Carter announces his candidacy for governor. He will run against former governor Carl Sanders and others
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Carl Sanders |
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Jimmy Carter |
| April 23, 1970 |
James Dickey's work Deliverance is published. The work is loosely based on an incident that occurred when he paddled down the Coosawattee River between Ellijay and Carters (Quarters). The area in which it happened was to be flooded to form Carters Lake.
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James Dickey |
| September 9, 1970 |
Jimmy Carter forces a run-off in the Democratic primary for governor, garnering more than 48% of the vote
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Jimmy Carter |
| September 23, 1970 |
Carter wins run-off
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Jimmy Carter |
| November 3, 1970 |
Carter defeats Republican Hal Suit in race for governor. Lester Maddox, who was the pro-segregation governor preceding Carter, becomes Lieutenant Governor
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Jimmy Carter |
| January 12, 1971 |
"The time for racial discrimination is over" announces Jimmy Carter, Georgia's new governor, shocking a mostly white Georgia crowd
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Jimmy Carter |
| February 15, 1971 |
A massive restructuring plan for Georgia's bureaucracy is signed into law by Jimmy Carter
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Jimmy Carter |
| May 31, 1971 |
Representing Benjamin Hill's "New South," Gov. Jimmy Carter makes the first of many appearances on the cover of Time magazine
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Jimmy Carter |
| November 13, 1971 |
Gov. Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn walk the trails in the incomplete Georgia Botanical Garden in Athens. He agrees to allocate state funds to complete the garden. |
| July 11, 1972 |
Carter lobbies to be George McGovern's vice-presidential running mate on the 1972 Democratic ticket
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Jimmy Carter |
| October 17, 1972 |
Jimmy Carter first mentions the idea of running for president to his staff
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Jimmy Carter |
| March 28, 1973 |
Governor Jimmy Carter signs the re-drafted death penalty into law. The earlier version had been ruled arbitrary and discriminatory against blacks in Furman v. Georgia
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| December 13, 1973 |
Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter appears on The New What's My Line, hosted by Larry Blyden, with panel members Gene Shalit, Dana Valery, Arlene Francis and Soupy Sales. They are unable to determine that he is governor of Georgia.
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Jimmy Carter |
| May 4, 1974 |
Dedication of Dean Rusk portrait, University of Georgia. Among those speaking are Jimmy Carter and Ted Kennedy. Gonzo reporter Hunter S. Thompson (Rolling Stone) becomes a fan of the governor after an impassioned plea to use political office as a vehicle to end social injustice.
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University of Georgia, Athens (UGA) |
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Dean Rusk
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Jimmy Carter |
| June 2, 1974 |
Jimmy Carter appears on Meet The Press
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Jimmy Carter |
| July 18, 1974 |
Rosalynn Carter attends the groundbreaking for a new headquarters at the Georgia Botanical Gardens in Athens. |
| December 12, 1974 |
Jimmy Carter announces his candidacy for President of the United States
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Jimmy Carter |
| April 18, 1975 |
The rail depot at Plains, Georgia opens as Jimmy Carter's campaign headquarters
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| January 19, 1976 |
Jimmy Carter wins the Iowa caucuses
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Jimmy Carter |
| February 24, 1976 |
Carter wins New Hampshire Democratic primary
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Jimmy Carter |
| March 9, 1976 |
Carter wins Florida Democratic primary
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Jimmy Carter |
| March 16, 1976 |
Carter wins Illinois Democratic primary
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Jimmy Carter |
| April 6, 1976 |
Carter wins Wisconsin Democratic primary
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Jimmy Carter |
| April 8, 1976 |
Carter apologizes for "ethnic purity" remark
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Jimmy Carter |
| September 23, 1976 |
During the first presidential debate of 1976, and the first since 1960, the audio feed from Philadelphia's Walnut Street Theater dropped for 27 minutes during an answer by Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter. Post-debate polling showed Carter losing the debate to President Gerald Ford, 39% to 31%
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Jimmy Carter |
| October 6, 1976 |
Second Ford-Carter debate. Carter wins post-debate polling, 40%-30%
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Jimmy Carter |
| November 2, 1976 |
Jimmy Carter becomes the first native born Georgian elected President of the United States
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Jimmy Carter |
| December 16, 1976 |
President-elect Jimmy Carter nominates Andrew Young as U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations
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Andrew Young |
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Jimmy Carter |
| January 20, 1977 |
Jimmy Carter asks Cleland to head the Veterans Administration
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Jimmy Carter |
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Max Cleland
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| January 20, 1977 |
Jimmy Carter becomes the first native-born Georgian to be inaugurated President of the United States
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Jimmy Carter |
| January 21, 1977 |
President Jimmy Carter pardons all Vietnam-era draft dodgers
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Jimmy Carter |
| July 11, 1977 |
President Carter presents the Martin Luther King's Medal of Freedom to Coretta Scott King, his wife
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Martin Luther King
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Jimmy Carter |
| September 15, 1977 |
Carter County staring Victor French and Kene Holliday begins a two-year run. The show aimed to cash in on Jimmy Carter's presidency by being set in Georgia
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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| September 17, 1978 |
Anwar Sadat, president of Egypt and Menachem Begin, prime minister of Israel sign the Camp David Peace Accords. This historic moment was brokered by Jimmy Carter.
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Jimmy Carter |
| April 20, 1979 |
President Jimmy Carter, while on vacation in Plains, Georgia, is attacked by what press secretary Jody Powell described as a "swamp rabbit." The press, completely ignorant as to swamp rabbits, portrayed Carter being attacked by a "killer" bunny rabbit.
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Jimmy Carter |
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Jody Powell |
| March 11, 1980 |
Jimmy Carter wins the Democratic Presidential Primary in Georgia; Ronald Reagan wins the Republican Primary |
| May 21, 1980 |
Jimmy Carter declares environmental state of emergency and orders the evacuation of residents of the Love Canal
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Jimmy Carter |
| June 1, 1980 |
President Jimmy Carter visits Vernon Jordan in Fort Wayne, Indiana as Jordan is recovering from an attempted assassination.
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Jimmy Carter |
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Vernon Jordan |
| July 5, 1980 |
Jimmy Carter takes reporters on a walking tour of Plains, Georgia |
| July 6, 1980 |
Anthony Carter, 9, vanishes while playing near his home. His body is recovered the next day, dead from multiple knife wounds.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| September 21, 1980 |
Presidential candidates Ronald Reagan (Republican) and John Anderson (Independent) square off in a debate without President Jimmy Carter
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Jimmy Carter |
| October 2, 1980 |
First Mom Lillian Carter falls and breaks her hip |
| October 28, 1980 |
Democratic President Jimmy Carter and Republican nominee Ronald Reagan square off in a televised debate.
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Jimmy Carter |
| November 4, 1980 |
Ronald Reagan defeats Jimmy Carter to become President of the United States. Mack Mattingly defeats Senator Herman Talmadge to become the first Republican U. S. Senator since Reconstruction
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Jimmy Carter |
| January 1, 1981 |
Georgia defeats Notre Dame, 17-10 at the Sugar Bowl, winning the National Title. Outgoing U. S. President Jimmy Carter watches
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Vince Dooley |
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University of Georgia's post-season appearances
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| February 12, 1981 |
The Atlanta Area Consortium recommends a 35 acre park east of downtown Atlanta as the site of the Carter Presidential Library, with a parkway for access. Opposition to the plan by the neighborhood around the park is immediate.
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Jimmy Carter |
| June 27, 1981 |
The IRS sells Billy Carter's gas station in Plains, Georgia to pay off back tazes |
| September 15, 1981 |
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin arrives in Plains to meet with "private citizen" Jimmy Carter |
| April 21, 1982 |
Jimmy Carter is appointed a professor at Emory University
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Jimmy Carter |
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Emory University |
| September 22, 1983 |
Plans for the Carter Center are unveiled.
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Jimmy Carter |
| October 30, 1983 |
Lilian Carter dies, Americus, Georgia
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Lillian Carter |
| October 2, 1984 |
Groundbreaking for the Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia. Original plans have been modified to answer some of the local concerns.
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Jimmy Carter |
| September 29, 1986 |
Designing Women, a fictional TV show set in Atlanta about Julia Sugarbaker (Dixe Carter), Mary Jo Shively (Annie Potts), Suzanne Sugarbaker (Delta Burke) and Alison Sugarbaker (Julia Duffy) airs on CBS.
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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| October 1, 1986 |
The Carter Presidential Museum and Library and the Carter Center are dedicated.
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Jimmy Carter |
| October 1, 1986 |
Carter Presidential Library is dedicated.
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Jimmy Carter |
| January 21, 1987 |
Carter Presidential Library is open to researchers
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Jimmy Carter |
| December 23, 1987 |
Creation of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, Plains, Georgia
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Jimmy Carter |
| May 7, 1989 |
Former president Jimmy Carter calls recent Panamanian elections "fraudulent" after first-hand observation.
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Jimmy Carter |
| April 5, 1991 |
Captain Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter dies, Brunswick, GA
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Capt. Manley Lanier Carter |
| February 16, 1993 |
Jimmy Carter and Michael Jackson are appointed co-chairs of the "Heal Our Children" initiative
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Jimmy Carter |
| June 23, 1993 |
Fire destroys 4-Way Lunch in Cartersville. |
| March 5, 1997 |
Yasser Arafat travels to Plains, GA (Sumter County) to meet former President Jimmy Carter
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Jimmy Carter |
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Sumter County, Georgia |
| October 16, 2000 |
Groundbreaking for the Booth Western Museum, Cartersville
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| March 22, 2002 |
Former President Jimmy Carter accepts the Ivan Allan Award at Georgia Tech
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Jimmy Carter |
| December 10, 2002 |
Jimmy Carter wins the Nobel Peace Prize
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Jimmy Carter |
| August 23, 2003 |
Booth Western Art Museum opens, Cartersville, Georgia
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| September 11, 2003 |
Ardena Carter, a Georgia Southern College student is last seen leaving her apartment in Stateboro, Georgia. The 24-year old Masters candidate was 6 months pregnant at the time. |
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Ardena Carter |
| September 18, 2003 |
Friends report Ardena Carter missing |
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Ardena Carter |
| December 7, 2003 |
Hunters find the body of Ardena Carter on the grounds of Fort Benning, Georgia, about 4 miles west of Cusseta in Chattahoochee County. The cause of death has been ruled a homicide. |
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Ardena Carter |
| June 24, 2005 |
Police arrest Michael Natson, a military police office based at Fort Benning, for the murder of Dena Carter. |
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Ardena Carter |
| February 7, 2006 |
At Coretta Scott King's funeral, President George Bush praised the wife of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King. Georgian Jimmy Carter and Rev. Joseph Lowery (Alabama) verbally attacked the President after his eulogy. |
| December 6, 2006 |
In a letter to Jimmy Carter, Kenneth Stein, former Executive Director of the Carter Center resigns over comments Carter included in his book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. |
| January 11, 2007 |
14 board members from the Carter Center resign, telling former President Carter We can no longer endorse your strident and uncompromising position. This is not the Carter Center or the Jimmy Carter we came to respect and support. |
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Jimmy Carter |
| May 20, 2008 |
Jimmy Carter's former chief-of-staff Hamilton Jordan dies in Atlanta |
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Hamilton Jordan |
| September 15, 2009 |
Jimmy Carter portrays an outburst by SC Representative as "racist." During a speech by President Obama in Congress, Wilson called out "You lie" when the President said his health care package would not cover illegal immigrants. |
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