Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter to mark 75th wedding anniversary

Former president Jimmy Carter, the longest living president, has accomplished a lot in his 96 years, but his longest-running accomplishment is his marriage to former first lady Rosalynn Carter. The couple will celebrate their 75th anniversary on July 7 – marking nearly eight decades of philanthropy, travel, family and love.

The Carters started dating in 1945 when Mr. Carter, then in the U.S. Naval Academy, needed a date when he was home. His younger sister set him up with a family friend, Eleanor Rosalynn Smith – and Mr. Carter already had a crush on her, the Associated Press reports.  Since that night, the Carters went on to become a Navy family, a farming family and then first family.