1977 Jimmy Carter was elected the 39th President

James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr., born Plains, Georgia in October 1, 1924. He was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office. The end of his presidential tenure was marked by the 1979–1981 Iran hostage crisis, the 1979 energy crisis, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow (the only U.S. boycott in Olympic history), and the eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state.