![]() Jimmy Carter, who was president, had given his Crisis of Confidence speech-calling out the countries "malaise." He would barely win the nomination from his party for that year's presidential election. Within the year, the almost decade long war between Iraq and Iran would begin. In Iraq, Saddam Hussein was inaugurated as the president. The Soviet Union had invaded Afghanistan, and the American Embassy in Iran was taken over, and hostages were taken. The cold war began to escalate in what would be its last phase of real tension. The Cold War ramped up with America announcing a boycott of the summer Olympics-this after the upset of the Soviet hockey team by the Americans at that year's Winter Olympics. Another year when things around the world were tenuous. ![]() ![]() Welcome to the Christian History Almanac brought to you by 1517 at.
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