Today: October 07, 2024
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Jimmy Carter and his hometown of Plains celebrate the 39th president's 100th birthday

Jimmy Carter-100th Birthday
October 01, 2024

PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Longtime friends, family and fans of Jimmy Carter milled around his hometown of Plains to celebrate his 100th birthday on Tuesday, the first time an American president has lived a full century and the latest milestone in a life that took the Depression-era farmer's son to the White House and across the world as a Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian and advocate for democracy.

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