Major Events of Presidency:
- Mao Zedong dies
- Panama Canal treaties signed, ratified one year later
- Apple releases first personal computer
- Vietnam draft resisters pardoned by president
- Supreme Court hands down Bakke decision
- Voters in California approve Proposition 13, launching tax revolt
- U.S. and China restore diplomatic relations
- Camp David Accords signed
- Nuclear accident at Three Mile Island
- Energy crisis hits United States
- Iranian revolution overthrows Shah
- American diplomats taken hostage in Iran
- Soviet Union invades Afghanistan
- Sandinista revolution triumphs in Nicaragua
- SALT II signed
- U.S. boycotts Moscow Olympics
- Large masses of Cubans (Marielitos) migrate to Florida
- Edward Kennedy challenges Carter in Democratic primaries