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(NewsNation) — Former President Jimmy Carter celebrates his 100th birthday Tuesday — making him the archetypal American president to unrecorded a afloat century.
Celebrations see a payment performance and the operation of 30 caller Habitat for Humanity homes, marking the juncture successful Carter's philanthropic fashion.
What was the US similar erstwhile Jimmy Carter was born?
Carter was calved Oct. 1, 1924, successful Plains, Georgia. Much has changed since then. Calvin Coolidge was the president astatine the time. The summertime and wintertime Olympics some happened that year. “The Thief of Bagdad,” starring Douglas Fairbanks, was topping the container bureau and the Washington Senators bushed the New York Giants successful the World Series.
The mean outgo of a location was conscionable astir $23,000. Gas outgo astir 19 cents per gallon and a lb of steak was astir 37 cents. You could adjacent bargain a brand-new car for conscionable implicit $100.
How has it changed?
The country faced a agelong database of important events starring up to Carter’s task into politics, including the invention of the archetypal car phone, World War II, the civilian rights movement, the Vietnam War and The Beatles' disbandment.
Carter roseate to go America’s 39th president. His bequest includes hands-on enactment for Habitat for Humanity and advocacy for affordable housing, which earned him a Nobel Peace Prize successful 2002.
Fast guardant respective decades — the satellite has experienced a caller bid of important taste events. That includes the emergence of societal media, a planetary pandemic and present — the world’s longest-living president turning 100 years old.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
