Barack Obama
1979
Barack Jr. started attending college at Occidental College in Los Angeles.
1983
Barack graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
1996
Obama was elected to the Illinois Senate.
2007
Obama announced his candidacy to become President of the United States.
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August 4, 1961
Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
1982
Barack Obama Sr. died in a car accident in Kenya.
1990
On February 5, Obama Jr. became the first black president of the Harvard Law Review.
2005
On January 5, Obama was sworn in as a U.S. Senator.
2009
On January 20, Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States.