Jimmy Carter was elected President on October 1, 1924

Iran Hostages Released

Period: Jan 20, 1981 to Jan 20, 1981

The Iranian hostage crisis refers to the period from November 1979 to January 1981, when 52 American diplomats and citizens were held hostage in Tehran after the Iranian Revolutionaries stormed the U.S. Embassy.

World Trade Center/Pentagon/Shanksville, PA Attacks

Period: Sep 11, 2001 to Sep 11, 2001

On September 11, 2001, four commercial airliners were hijacked by al-Qaeda terrorists and used to strike targets in New York City, Washington, D.C., and rural Pennsylvania. Two planes crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York, causing the towers to collapse.