Jimmy Carter Announces U.S. Boycott of Moscow Olympics March 21, 1980
Cold War: American President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet–Afghan War.
Date: March 21, 1980
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