Year in review: A look at national events in October 2024
A look at national news events in October 2024
1 - Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter celebrates his 100th birthday. It is the first time an American president has lived a full century. The Democrat served as president from 1977 to 1981 and then worked for over four decades leading The Carter Center, a non-governmental organization he and his wife co-founded in 1982. Rosalynn Carter died last year at age 96, and the former president has been in home hospice care for 19 months in his hometown of Plains, Ga.