ATLANTA, GA — Jimmy Carter, the only President of the United States born in Georgia, turns 94 Monday, Oct. 1. To celebrate, The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum is offering a 94 cent admission. A giant birthday card will be available for visitors to sign and there will be a free birthday concert, from noon to 1 p.m., by The Atlanta Symphony Brass Quintet.

Carter celebrated the milestone Sunday by attending the Atlanta Falcons-Bengals game. A jersey denoting his term as the 39th president was given to him.

Well wishes from across the country were sent to Carter on social media. Reid Wilson of The Hill wrote, “Happy birthday Jimmy Carter, turning 94 today (and the dude still has more energy than I do).” And Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacy Abrams tweeted: “Wishing a happy 94th birthday to President Jimmy Carter, whose leadership as a humanitarian, governor, and president has made our state proud and our nation brighter.”

The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum birthday card

James Earl Carter Jr. was born Oct. 1, 1924, in Plains, a tiny town in southwest Georgia. Carter graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946 and married Rosalynn Smith.

Following his service with the U.S. Naval Academy, Carter returned to Plains in 1962 where he and Rosalynn operated a seed and farm supply company, according to The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library. In 1962, the Democratic candidate entered state politics and was elected to the Georgia State Senate. In 1966, he ran for and lost his first bid for the governorship, but won in a second shot to the seat in 1970.

In 1976 his long-shot presidential bid won him the White House when Carter defeated incumbent President Gerald Ford, with 297 electoral votes, to become the 39th president of the United States.

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Carter’s presidency is known for various historic milestones, such as the Camp David Peace Accords between Israel and Egypt in 1978 and establishing diplomatic relations with China, his library notes. His presidency was also responsible for the creation of the U.S. Departments of Education and Energy, as well as implementing new environmental protection legislation such as the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, the library’s website adds.

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He famously failed to win re-election in 1980 during a sluggish economy and the Iranian hostage crisis. After more than a year in captivity, the hostages were released the same day Republican President Ronald Reagan was sworn into office — Jan. 20, 1981.

Despite leaving behind a one-term presidency, Carter managed to repair his image over the last several decades through his work with helping the less fortunate. In 1982, he founded The Carter Center, which works to address national and international issues through public policy. The nonprofit organization under the former president’s leadership has dispatched 100 election observers to countries in the Americas, Africa and Asia.

To younger generations, Carter is probably best known for his work with Habitat For Humanity, a nonprofit organization that works to provide housing to less fortunate citizens. The author of several books, Carter also continued in his mission to engage in international diplomacy and advancing human rights around the world. He also worked to promote democracy, prevent diseases and ensure secure and fair elections in developing countries.

In recent years, Carter also spoke out against anti-gay and rising racist sentiment. In 2000, he announced he would be leaving the Southern Baptist Convention due to the body’s literal interpretation of the Bible, a move the Times said was mostly symbolic because he didn’t serve in an official capacity with the organization. In 2015, he told the Huffington Post that he believed Jesus would be in favor of marriage equality. In 2016, he told The New York Times that Republican criticism of former President Barack Obama had “heavy” racial overtones and then Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s successful campaign “tapped a waiting reservoir there of inherent racism.”

Carter was diagnosed with cancer in August 2015 at age 91 after having surgery to remove a lesion on his liver. After having the surgery, Carter announced that the cancer had spread to other parts of his body. Doctors had found melanoma lesions on his brain. He announced that he would significantly cut back on his schedule while undergoing treatment for his diagnosis.

In November of that year, the Carter Center issued an update on the former president’s health, saying he had received good news from his doctors. Recent tests had shown there was no new evidence of malignancy and he was responding well to treatment. In March 2016, he announced to his Sunday school class at Maranatha Baptist Church of Plains that he was cleared of the disease.

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