P.O.T.U.S. P.O.T.U.S.
39. Jimmy Carter, 1977-1981
Democrat
VP - Walter Mondale
Major Items:
- Panama Canal Treaty signed, September 1977
- Established diplomatic relations with China and ended recognition of Taiwan
- Three-Mile Island Incident, March 1979 (nuclear reactor leak in Pennsylvania)
- Bakke v. Board of Regents 1978
- Egypt and Israel peace treaty; Sadat and Begin win the Nobel Prize, 1979
- Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979 (rescue attempt, 8 killed, April 1980)
- Seizure of Afghanistan by Soviets, 1979
- "Stagflation"
- Boycott of Olympics in Moscow to protest invasion of Afghanistan