1 00:00:01,259 --> 00:00:04,059 Former President Jimmy Carter has died . 2 00:00:05,199 --> 00:00:07,889 He was born James Earl Carter Junior on 3 00:00:07,889 --> 00:00:11,079 October 1st , 1924 in Plains , Georgia . 4 00:00:11,569 --> 00:00:13,625 The small farming community nurtured 5 00:00:13,625 --> 00:00:15,847 the future president , and he graduated 6 00:00:15,847 --> 00:00:18,069 from public schools before entering the 7 00:00:18,069 --> 00:00:21,149 US Naval Academy . He graduated in 1946 8 00:00:21,149 --> 00:00:23,760 and became a submariner . He served in 9 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:26,000 both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets 10 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,222 and rose to the rank of lieutenant . In 11 00:00:28,222 --> 00:00:31,159 1953 , he was the senior officer with 12 00:00:31,159 --> 00:00:33,520 the pre-commissioning crew of the USS 13 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:36,029 Sea Wolf when news came that his father 14 00:00:36,029 --> 00:00:38,159 had died , he resigned his naval 15 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:40,270 commission and took his . Family back 16 00:00:40,270 --> 00:00:42,159 to Georgia where he took over the 17 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:44,159 Carter Farms , but leaving the Navy 18 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:46,424 didn't mean he left public service in 19 00:00:46,424 --> 00:00:49,104 1962 he won election to the Georgia 20 00:00:49,104 --> 00:00:51,224 Senate . He lost his first run for 21 00:00:51,224 --> 00:00:53,955 Georgia governor in 1966 but won the 22 00:00:53,955 --> 00:00:56,744 next election , becoming Georgia's 76th 23 00:00:56,744 --> 00:01:00,520 governor on January 12 , 1971 . Carter 24 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,409 served as the Democratic National 25 00:01:02,409 --> 00:01:04,409 Committee campaign chairman for the 26 00:01:04,409 --> 00:01:06,760 1974 congressional elections . He 27 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,720 defeated Ford in the 1976 presidential 28 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:11,959 election and served as president from 29 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:15,129 January 20 , 1977 to January 20 , 30 00:01:15,239 --> 00:01:18,059 1981 . He will always be remembered for 31 00:01:18,059 --> 00:01:20,389 his response to the hostage crisis in 32 00:01:20,389 --> 00:01:23,510 Iran . On November 4th , 1978 , 33 00:01:23,639 --> 00:01:26,120 Iranian students stormed the American 34 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:29,040 embassy in Tehran and took 53 US 35 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:31,040 citizens and government employees 36 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:33,389 hostage . The act was against 37 00:01:33,389 --> 00:01:35,279 international law , and Iran's 38 00:01:35,279 --> 00:01:37,112 government refused to return the 39 00:01:37,112 --> 00:01:39,510 captives . Carter launched an attack 40 00:01:39,510 --> 00:01:42,160 into Iran to rescue the Americans . A 41 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:44,327 small team of American service members 42 00:01:44,327 --> 00:01:46,800 were poised to execute a daring strike 43 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:49,230 to free the 53 Americans , but it was 44 00:01:49,230 --> 00:01:52,470 not to be . On April 25th , 1980 , 45 00:01:52,739 --> 00:01:55,300 Operation Eagle Claw came to an end on 46 00:01:55,300 --> 00:01:57,411 the floor of the desert near Tehran . 47 00:01:57,459 --> 00:01:59,379 Five Air Force members and three 48 00:01:59,379 --> 00:02:01,490 Marines were killed when the rotor of 49 00:02:01,490 --> 00:02:03,849 the helicopter sliced into the fuselage 50 00:02:03,849 --> 00:02:06,819 of a C-130 transport . The Iranians did 51 00:02:06,819 --> 00:02:08,541 not release the hostages until 52 00:02:08,541 --> 00:02:10,541 President Ronald Reagan took office 53 00:02:10,541 --> 00:02:12,619 after defeating Carter in the 1980 54 00:02:12,619 --> 00:02:14,100 election , but the Carter 55 00:02:14,100 --> 00:02:15,940 administration also included 56 00:02:15,940 --> 00:02:17,440 significant foreign policy 57 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:19,339 accomplishments . The Camp David 58 00:02:19,339 --> 00:02:21,820 Accords paved the way for peace between 59 00:02:21,820 --> 00:02:24,660 Egypt and Israel . Carter signed the 60 00:02:24,660 --> 00:02:26,860 Panama Canal Treaty which turned the 61 00:02:26,860 --> 00:02:29,820 canal over to Panama after 70 years of 62 00:02:29,820 --> 00:02:32,500 US control . He negotiated and signed 63 00:02:32,500 --> 00:02:34,600 the second strategic Arms Reduction 64 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:37,419 Treaty with the Soviet Union . Carter 65 00:02:37,419 --> 00:02:39,940 also established formal US diplomatic 66 00:02:39,940 --> 00:02:42,162 relations with the People's Republic of 67 00:02:42,162 --> 00:02:43,979 China . Domestically , Carter 68 00:02:43,979 --> 00:02:46,210 deregulated energy , transportation , 69 00:02:46,259 --> 00:02:49,800 communications , and finance . In 1982 70 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,309 he founded the Carter Center in Atlanta . 71 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:54,489 The men and women involved in the 72 00:02:54,489 --> 00:02:56,267 Carter Center worked to resolve 73 00:02:56,267 --> 00:02:58,433 conflict , promote democracy , protect 74 00:02:58,433 --> 00:03:00,600 human rights , and prevent disease and 75 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:02,656 other afflictions . On December 10 , 76 00:03:02,656 --> 00:03:05,720 2002 , the Norwegian Nobel Committee 77 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,119 awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Carter 78 00:03:08,119 --> 00:03:10,509 for finding peaceful solutions to 79 00:03:10,509 --> 00:03:12,620 international conflicts and advancing 80 00:03:12,620 --> 00:03:15,389 democracy and human rights . Carter and 81 00:03:15,389 --> 00:03:17,278 his wife are also known for their 82 00:03:17,278 --> 00:03:19,660 untiring work for Habitat for Humanity . 83 00:03:19,910 --> 00:03:22,229 The two volunteered one week a year for 84 00:03:22,229 --> 00:03:24,550 the nonprofit organization which helps 85 00:03:24,550 --> 00:03:26,661 needy people in the United States and 86 00:03:26,661 --> 00:03:28,772 in other countries renovate and build 87 00:03:28,772 --> 00:03:30,772 homes for themselves , and his Navy 88 00:03:30,772 --> 00:03:32,883 service has not been neglected in his 89 00:03:32,883 --> 00:03:35,589 legacy . The USS Jimmy Carter , a 90 00:03:35,589 --> 00:03:38,020 Seawolf class nuclear attack submarine , 91 00:03:38,190 --> 00:03:42,039 was commissioned in June 2004 . Former 92 00:03:42,039 --> 00:03:43,650 President Jimmy Carter , the 93 00:03:43,650 --> 00:03:45,706 thirty-ninth president of the United 94 00:03:45,706 --> 00:03:46,869 States , is dead .