Getting To Know Jimmy Carter
A Time Line

Jimmy Carter was born in 1924. How long ago was that? A time line of happenings and inventions that took place during Jimmy Carter's youth may help you to understand events that shaped his daily life.

• 1923 - Calvin Coolidge became the 30th President of the United States.
  
  
• 1924 - James Earl "Jimmy" Carter was born in Plains, Georgia. He was the first president to be born in a hospital.
  
  
• 1926 - Explorer Richard E. Byrd and his pilot, Floyd Bennett reached the North Pole.
  
  
• 1927 - Charles Lindbergh completed the first trans-Atlantic solo flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
  
  
• 1928 - Walt Disney's cartoon character Mickey Mouse is introduced.
  
  
• 1929 - U.S. Commander Richard Byrd is the first to fly over the South Pole.
  - Herbert Hoover became the 31st President of the United States.
  - The stock market collapsed on "Black Tuesday" launching the era of the Great Depression.
  
  
• 1930 - Thomas A. Edison tests the nation's first electric passenger train.
  
  
• 1931 - The Star-Spangled Banner is officially selected as the American national anthem.
  
  
• 1932 - Amelia Earhart flew solo across the Atlantic, the first woman to do so.
  
  
• 1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt became the 32nd President of the United States.
  
  
• 1935 - The Social Security Act becomes a law.
  
  
• 1936 - Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected President for a 2nd term.
  
  
• 1937 - The Golden Gate Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world is opened in San Francisco.
  
  
• 1938 - Fair Labor Standards Act, guaranteeing Americans a minimum wage, is signed into law.
  - Walt Disney's first feature-length cartoon film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs released.
  - President Roosevelt announces that the South is the nation's top economic problem, with conditions so severe that the entire nation is at risk - the annual wage in the South is about $865.00, as compared to $1,291 nationally.
  
  
• 1939 - Movies Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz are released and become movie classics.
  
  
• 1940 - Comics Bugs Bunny and Batman are introduced.
  - President Franklin Roosevelt becomes the first man in history elected to a third term in the White House.
  
  
• 1941 - Japanese launch surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. As a result, America declares war on Japan, the beginning of World War II.

NOTE: You may want to do further research from other sources such as almanacs and encyclopedias to develop this time line to find out what else was happening in the world during President Carter's term of office.
Or, you might want to create a time line beginning with your birthdate and bringing it up to the present.

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