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Barrack Obama's dad
February 2, 1961, 25. Marries 18 year old Anne Dunham. -
Scholar ship win
Barack Obama Sr. wins a scholarship to Harvard for graduate study. He moves to Boston, Massachusetts, leaving behind his 20 year old wife Ann and their 2 year old son, Barack Obama Jr. The relationship between Barack Obama Sr. and Ann Dunham gradually deteriorates. -
Went to Harvard college
Barack Obama Sr. completes his Masters degree at Harvard and goes back to Keyna with Ruth Nidesand, an American-born teacher he met. Ruth becomes his third wife. Barack Obama Sr. aspires to put his education to use in poverty stricken Kenya. -
Young Obama
When Barack Obama is 10, his mother sends him back to Hawaii, to live with his white grandparents in their two bedroom apartment. With the help of Ann's parents, Barack Obama gets a scholarship to Punahou, a prestigious prep school in Honolulu. He's one of few black students at the school, and his classmates regard him as 'the black kid from Indonesia.' Barack Obama's separation from his mother has a tremendous impact on him. -
Highschool
While in high school, Barack Obama joins the basketball team and becomes a leader in class. However, Barack doesn't feel he fits in. Barack tries to act tough so he drinks beer, smokes marijuana and tries cocaine. -
Job
After graduation, Barack Obama takes a job with a Chicago based group called Developing Communities Project. Barack begins working to improve the conditions of a public housing project. -
Successful project
Barack Obama successfully carries out several projects, including school reform, hazardous waste cleanup and establishing a job training center. -
Family death
Barack Obama, now 21, receives notice about his father's untimely death. Barack Obama Sr. was involved in a car accident and died at the age of 46. -
Attends Harvard
Barack Obama begins his studies at Harvard Law School. At the end of his first year, a top law firm hires Obama as a summer intern in Chicago. There Barack Obama meets a young lawyer, Michelle Robinson, and the two start dating. -
Graduates from Harvard
Barack Obama graduates from Harvard with a Juris Doctor magna cum laude. -
Teaches constituational law
Barack Obama is teaching constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School. -
Family member dies
November 7, 1995 - Barack Obama's mother, Ann Dunham, dies of ovarian cancer. -
runes for state senate
Barack Obama runs for the Illinois State Senate. He wins the Democratic nomination for the seat, and is elected to the Illinois State Senate. Democrats are in the minority and therefore Barack time and again fails to pass his initiatives. -
runs for congress
Barack Obama runs for Congress. He rival is Rep. Bobby Rush, an experienced politician. During the campaign, a pivotal vote on gun control legislation is due in the State Senate. When the vote comes on the floor, Barack Obama is in Hawaii visiting his 18 months old daughter, Malia, who is ill. The gun control bill does not pass. Barack Obama takes a lot of political heat for not attending the vote and consequently loses the election by a 2 to 1 margin. -
daughter's born
Barack and Michelle's second daughter is born. She is named Natasha (and often called Sasha). -
Announces candidacy
February 10, 2007 - Barack Obama announces his candidacy for President of the United States in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. -
Becomes nominee
June 3, 2008 - After defeating Senator Hillary Clinton in the primaries, Barack Obama becomes the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for the 2008 presidential election. -
Family death
November 3, 2008 - Barack Obama's grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, age 86, dies of cancer, just one day before the Presidential Election. -
First African-American President
Barack Obama wins the US Presidential Election and becomes the first African-American President of the United States. -
