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Birth Date
Barack Obama was norn in Honolulu,Hawaii. His parents are Barack and Stanley Obama.Later on he had a sister named Maya. -
Parents Get Divorce
Baracks dad wants to move to Kenya,Africa and his mom does not. They decide to split up. His mom gets married to a guy named Lolo.They now decide to move to Jarta,Indoneisa for Lolos work. -
Graduates
Graduates from Punahou School, a coed college preparatory school in Honolulu. -
Went to College
While Obama did graduate from Columbia University in New York, he first attended Occidental College in Los Angeles. -
Dad Dies
Before moving to Chicago and while still living in ew York, Obama jr. receives a call saying that his father had died in an accident. -
Graduated
Graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelor's Degree and a major in political science. -
Moves
Moves to Chicago and works for nonprofit group involved in job training. -
Harvard
Graduates from Harvard Law School. Returns to Chicago. Practices civil rights law. -
Associate lawyer
Associate lawyer at Miner, Barnhill & Galland, representing community organizers, discrimination claims and voting rights cases. -
Gets elected for Senate
Runs for and wins the Illinois Senate Seat from the 13th District in the Illinois General Assembly. -
Dreams
Publishes Dreams from My Father. Random House gives him a contract because of his success at Harvard. -
Gets elected
Elected President of the United States on November 4 defeating Republican John McCain. -
Speech
Delivers historic speech on race after his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, is criticized for what some see as anti-American rhetoric and for characterizing white Americans as racists. Denounces Wright's comments as "wrong and divisive" and calls for racial unity. -
Campaign
Announces he will opt out of the public financing system, Becoming the first modern-day presidential candidate to reject using taxpayer dollars for his general election campaign. -
He Travels
Travels to the Middle East and Europe, including stops in Afghanistan, Jordan, Iraq, Israel, France and Britain. He speaks to an estimated 200,000 on July 24 at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany.
