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Barack Obama

  • 2008 BCE

    Elected

    44th President of the USA on Nov. 4 (first African-American elected to the position)
  • 2006 BCE

    .

    Obama's second book, The Audacity of Hope, published
  • 2001 BCE

    Born

    Daughter Sasha born
  • 2000 BCE

    .

    Lost Illinois Democratic primary election for US House of Representatives seat
  • 1999 BCE

    Malia

    Daughter Malia born
  • 1995 BCE

    Mother

    Mother died of cancer, age 52
  • 1992 BCE

    Married

    Married attorney Michelle Robinson, Oct. 18
  • 1991 BCE

    School

    Graduated from Harvard Law School
  • 1982 BCE

    Father

    died in car crash at age 46, in Nairobi, Kenya
  • 1979 BCE

    C.

    Attended Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, for 2 years
  • 1970 BCE

    Sister

    Maya Soetoro born, Aug. 15
  • 1964 BCE

    Parents

    Parents divorce
  • Born

    Born
    Born Aug. 4, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Barack Obama Sr. and Stanley Ann Dunham