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President Carter, right, enters the Oval Office in Washington Feb, 29, 1979 with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, left. Carter met with Egyptia...

President Jimmy Carter chats with Clarence Mitchell retired director of the NAACP, at the White House in Washington on Thursday, March 1, 1979. They d...

President Jimmy Carter kisses Claire Huckel, 7, of Philadelphia on the cheek during their meeting at the White House in Washington on Thursday, March...

President Jimmy Carter accepts diplomatic credential from Panama's Ambassador to the United States Carlos Alfredo Lopez Guevara at the White House in...

President Jimmy Carter accepts diplomatic credential with a handshake from Chinese Ambassador Chai Tse-min at the White House in Washington on Thursda...

President Jimmy Carter raises his glass in a toast at a dinner at the White House in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 28, 1979, honoring the nation's gove...

President Jimmy Carter meets with some of the members of the Congressional Black Caucus in Washington on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 1979. Rep. Ronald V. Dell...

A smiling President Jimmy Carter reaches for notes as he steps to the podium in Washington on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1979 to hold a news conference. Carter...

President Jimmy Carter gestures during his news conference in Washington on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1979. Carter announced that Israeli Prime Minister Menac...

President Jimmy Carter reads a statement to reporters outside the White House in Washington on Sunday, Feb. 26, 1979 announcing the possibility of a r...

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin shakes hands as U.S. President Jimmy Carter looks on at the podium in front...

Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, wearing a traditional Jewish yarmulke, embraces his defense minister, Ezer Weizman at the White House in Washin...

Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Khalil, left, President Jimmy Carter, Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance walk fr...

New ambassador from Guatemala General Felipe Doroteo, left, presents his diplomatic credentials to President Jimmy Carter at the White House in Washin...

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, left to right, sit before the north entrance to...

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin applaud President Jimmy Carter in Washington on Monday, March 26, 1979...

Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, right, sits with President Jimmy Carter, center, and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat on the north lawn of the Wh...

President Jimmy Carter makes a statement in Washington on Sunday, Feb. 26, 1979 at the opening session of the National Governors' Association which wi...

Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, right, talks with President Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday, March 2...

President Jimmy Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin shakes hands as Egyptian President Anwar Sadat applauds at right following signing ce...

PresidentJimmy Carter shakes hands with Kentucky Governor Julian Carroll, left, after the opening session of the National Governors' Association in Wa...

Dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, left, explains to President Jimmy Carter how he performs his dance act after his performance for the First Family in the...

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, left to right, stand at attention as the nation...

Actor Gene Kelly, left, director of television's "Battlestar Gallactica", Leslie Stevens, center, and actor Rod Steiger pose together during the USC...

Actress Lynda Carter holds her award winning poster, Jan. 19, 1979 in Beverly Hills, California. Carter was honored in the presentation of a Special G...

Sporting a bowler hat, the most traditional item of British clothing, a Londoner reads the last edition of "The Times" newspaper, in the City of Londo...

Actor Fred Astaire, center, his sister Adele Douglas, right, and Columbia Pictures' Daniel Melnick, arrive at the Shubert Theater in Los Angeles, Oct....

Former President Richard M. Nixon autographs a drawing of himself, and the late President Dwight D. Eisenhower in New York on Sept. 13, 1978. Drawing...

Actress Lynda Carter, star of TV's "Wonder Woman," left, and actress Esther Rolle of "Good Times", do a little fighting during a conversation, Sept. 7...

James Earl Ray turns to listen to a word from his attorney Mark Lane during his testimony before the House Assassinations Committee in Washington, Aug...

James Earl Ray, in plaid east, is escorted to his east by federal marshals following a short break in his testimony before the House Assassinations Co...

James Earl Ray sits with his attorney Mark Lane during testimony before the House Assassinations Committee in Washington, August 16, 1978. Federal mar...

Peter Gennaro, front, leads a group of Hollywood and Broadway dancing stars at a noon-time party in the New York City discotheque "New York, New York"...

Gene Kelly at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Music Center, May 7, 1978, for "The Stars Salute Israel at 30!". (AP Photo)

Harlon Carter, executive vice president of the National Rife Association, left, and Neal Knox, executive director for the NRA, chat before they testif...

Actress Angela Lansbury gets a Kiss from composer Richard Rodgers at New York's Uris Theatre on Tuesday, April 11, 1978 following Miss Lansbury's firs...

Gene Kelly, left, and director, choreographer Bob Fosse engage in animated discussion at the opening night party for Fosse's new musical "Dancing". T...

Actor-dancer Fred Astaire tells the plot on his latest TV movie, "A Family Upside Down", in his Beverly Hills home, March 27, 1978. Astaire, who usual...

Actor-dancer Fred Astaire tells the plot on his latest TV movie, "A Family Upside Down", in his Beverly Hills home, March 27, 1978. Astaire, who usual...

Actor-dancer Fred Astaire tells the plot on his latest TV movie, "A Family Upside Down", in his Beverly Hills home, March 27, 1978. Astaire, who usual...

Lt. Gov. Mary Ann Krupsak, Gov. Hugh Carey and Bob Fosse at a Tavern-on-the-Green party in New York on March 27, 1978. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Bob Fosse and Gene Kelly at an opening party for Fosse's new musical "Dancin," held in Tavern-On-The-Green in New York on March 27, 1978. (AP Photo/Ro...

Dancer Gene Kelly and his daughter Bridget, 13, at an opening party for Bob Fosse's new musical "Dancing" at Tavern-on-the-Green in New York City, Mar...

Yvonne Elliman on March 20, 1978, above, sings the "Fever" cut from the Bee Gees number one album "Saturday Night Fever." Elliman who broke into bigti...

Yvonne Elliman on March 20, 1978, above, sings the "Fever" cut from the Bee Gees number one album "Saturday Night Fever." Elliman who broke into bigti...

Yvonne Elliman on March 20, 1978, above, sings the "Fever" cut from the Bee Gees number one album "Saturday Night Fever." Elliman who broke into bigti...

Yvonne Elliman on March 20, 1978, above, sings the "Fever" cut from the Bee Gees number one album "Saturday Night Fever." Elliman who broke into bigti...

In 1936 the G.O.P. elephant didn't perform half as well for Alfred M. Landon of Kansas as did lizzie, the circus elephant, when the former republican...

Former Governor of Kansas Alf Landon, left, puts his arm around former President Gerald Ford, right, after Ford delivered the Landon Lecture at Kansas...

Actor Charlton Heston, right, holds a tablet and announces "Thou shall have no other talk show host before Mike," during the 4,000 taping of the "Mike...