On November 4, former California Governor Ronald Reagan defeats incumbent President Jimmy Carter to become the fortieth President of the United States.
Former Vice President Richard Nixon (California) defeats both Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota) and George Wallace (Alabama) for the Presidency on November 5 to become the thirty-seventh President of the US.
After a three year organizing campaign by Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta, mostly Mexican American farm workers, Chavez leads the first United Farm Workers grape strike on September 8 at Delano, California.air max 90 essential sale
