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| Biography and Life of President Barack Obama - Historic Journey to President |
| On August 4, 1961 the 44th President of the United States Began His Journey of Destiny |
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Obama's Family
Ties Spread Across Many US States and Countries Click on the photos for a larger image. Photos and images are © AP, AFP, Reuters, and others. |
| Barack Obama's Historic Journey Starts in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA in 1961 |
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| Barack
Obama throws a lei where his mother's ashes were thrown in Hawaii. Photo: August 14, 2008. |
Barack
Obama sits on the fence while held by his mother, Ann Dunham in Honolulu. Undated photo is circa 1960s. Anne Dunham was born in Kansas and moved to Hawaii prior to Obama's birth. |
Barack
Obama is known as Barry in his Punahou Honolulu school. Cover of Spring 2007 school bulletin shown. |
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| Barack
Obama's Birth Certificate. Born in Honolulu on 8/4/1961. |
Barack
Obama with grandfather at Waikiki. Photo c. 1960s |
Barack
Obama rides tricycle in Hawaii. Photo c. 1960s |
Barack
Obama Sr. on his only trip to Hawaii. Photo c. Early 1970s |
Obama
with stepfather mother, and stepsister. Photo c. Mid 1970s |
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| Barack
Obama on school steps. Photo c. 1970's |
Obama's
mother Ann, sister, and grandfather. Photo c. 1970s |
Obama welcomed by American grandparents. Photo c. 1970s |
Obama
group school photo in Hawaii. Photo c. 1970's |
Obama
portrait photo Honolulu, Hawaii 1979 |
| Obama's sports activities are reflected in photos from the early years to Senator. | |||||
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| Obama
playing in Hawaii surf. Photo c. 1960s |
Obama
playing in Hawaii surf. Photo Aug 14, 2008 |
Obama
playing baseball in Hawaii. Photo c. 1960s |
Obama
throws ball AL Playoffs Chicago Photo Oct 12, 2005 |
Obama plays for Punahou School. © Laura Kong 1979 |
Obama
in Indiana on campaign trail. Photo May 4, 2008 |
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Barack
Obama's International Family Ties Barack Obama's Family Tree Relation - Place of Birth/Origins - Lifespan Barack Obama's multicultural background circles the globe. His relatives are from Hawaii, Indonesia, Kenya, and Kansas. Barack Obama's father, Barack Hussein Obama Sr., was born in a rural town in Kenya. He lived from 1936-1982. Barack Obama's mother, Ann Dunham, was born in a rural town in Kansas. Anne lived from 1942-1995. Source: AP Research Graph Nov 08 ©AP |
| Barack Obama's Biographical Timeline 1961 - 2009 | |
| 1961 | Barack Hussein Obama II is born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 4 at the Kapi'olani Medical Center for Woman and Children. |
| 1963 | Ann Dunham and Obama Sr. separate, and divorce in 1964. Ann met Barack as a student at the University of Hawaii. |
| 1967-1971 | Obama moves to Jakarta, Indonesia with his mother Ann Dunham and his step-father Lolo Soetoro. |
| 1971 | Obama moves back to Hawaii and lives with maternal grandparents. Ann returns to Hawaii from 1972-1977. |
| 1971-1979 | Obama attends Punahou School in Honolulu from the fifth grade to his High School graduation in 1979. |
| 1979-1981 | Obama moves to Los Angeles to attend Occidental College. Obama transfers his studies two years later to Columbia in NY. |
| 1981-1983 | Obama studies Political Science and International Relations at Columbia University in NY where he received his BA in 1983. |
| 1982 | Obama Sr. dies in an auto accident in Kenya. The senior Obama met his son only once after returning to Kenya. |
| 1984-1988 | Obama leaves NY for Chicago in 1984, and from 1984-1988 is Director of DCP, a church-based community organization. |
| 1988 | Obama travels for first time to Europe and Kenya. Obama meets paternal grandparents and family for the first time. |
| 1988-1991 | Obama enters Harvard Law School in Cambridge, MA., and becomes the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. |
| 1991 | Obama returns to Chicago. Obama spent his Harvard summer breaks at several Chicago law firms. |
| 1992 | Obama marries Michelle Robinson on October 18th in Chicago. Later, Obama and Michelle travel to Bali to finish his book. |
| 1992-2004 | Obama teaches Law at the University of Chicago Law School, and works as counsel and an associate at Chicago law firms. |
| 1995 | Obama's mother, Ann Dunham dies of ovarian cancer. Obama Publishes first book "Dreams From My Father." |
| 1996-2004 | Obama is elected to the Illinois Senate in 1996. Obama serves three terms in the Illinois Senate as a state legislator. |
| 1998-2001 | In 1998 the Obama's have their first child Malia Ann. Three years later, in 2001, they have their second daughter Sasha. |
| 2004 | Obama delivers the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July. In November he is elected to Senate. |
| 2005-2008 | Obama is the US Senator from Illinois. On November 18, 2008 Obama resigns his Senate seat after his Presidential victory. |
| 2008 | Obama defeats Democratic presidential hopefuls and Republican John McCain to become President-elect on November 4th. |
| 2009 | On January 20, 2009 Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th US President in Washington, DC. |
| Barack Obama begins his studies on the US mainland on his way to Senator and President. | ||||
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| Obama
with his maternal grandparents in NYC. Photo 1982 |
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in NYC 1983 at Columbia University for a BA in Political Science. |
Obama
when he led the Harvard Law Review. Photo c. 1990 |
Obama
holds Harvard Law Review magazine. Photo c. 1990s |
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on campus of Harvard University in 1990. |
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| Barack
Obama on university campus Photo c. 1990s |
Obama
receives Juris Doctor Degree in 1991 at Harvard Law School. |
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Obama in Chicago after Harvard. Photo c. 1990s |
Obama
visits with his Kenyan grandmother. Photo c. 1987 |
Obama's
Kenyan family gather for a group photo. Photo c. 1987 |
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| Obama
teaches at University of Chicago Law School in 1992. |
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Obama marries Michelle. Oct 18, 1992 |
Barrack Obama and Michelle Robinson get married in Chicago. | Obama
wears traditional clothes in Kenya. Photo c. 2006 |
Obama
in Nairobi Kenya. Photo August 26, 2006 |
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Obama's Senate portrait. Photo c. 2005 |
Senator
Obama and Coburn talk in Senate Office. Photo c. 2006 |
Barack
Obama has written several works including the #1 best-seller The Audacity of Hope. |
Obama's
Chicago home prior to White House. Photo July 2007 |
Barack
Obama meets with Dalai Lama. Photo c. 2005 |
| President
Barack
Obama's Favorite Sport is Basketball Obama may be the first President with a basketball court on the White House grounds. |
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| Punahou
School Junior Varsity Basketball Team in 1977. |
Punahou
School when Obama was a senior. © Laura Kong 1979 |
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Task Force troops at Camp Djibouti. Photo August 31, 2006 |
Obama
at the YMCA in Spencer, Iowa December 17, 2007 |
Obama
at the YMCA in Spencer, Iowa December 17, 2007 |
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does solo basketball lay up. Photo date unknown. |
Obama
attacks in pick up basketball game. May 2008 |
Maple
Crest School Kokomo Indiana April 25, 2008 |
Obama
retrieves loose basketball. Photo date unknown. |
Indiana
High School Hall of Fame April 26, 2008 |
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May 4, 2008. Barack Obama throws a few hoops while on the 2008 campaign trail. These photos are from a visit to Elkhart Indiana School. Obama played basketball on the night before the election. Barack Obama received his first basketball as a gift from his father. "Those of us who grew up playing basketball, whether on a playground in the city or a farm in the heartland, are grateful to the game for the lessons it teaches us about life," President Obama said in a special TV message for the 2009 NBA All-Star Game. |
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| 50 little known Barack Obama facts. Facts about Obama's family, food, fiction, and favorites. | |
| Obama's name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili. | Obama's desk in his Senate office belonged to Robert Kennedy. |
| Obama can speak Spanish. | Obama is the sixth post-war president to be left-handed. |
| Obama carries a tiny Madonna
and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck. |
Obama would have liked to have
been an architect if he were not a politician. |
| Obama keeps on his desk a
carving of a wooden hand holding an egg, a Kenyan symbol of the fragility of life. |
Obama's late father, Barack
Obama Sr., was a senior economist for the Kenyan government. |
| Obama visited Wokingham, Berks,
in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister's fiancé, but left when a stripper arrived. |
Obama owns four identical pairs of black size 11 shoes. |
| Obama says his worst habit is constantly checking BlackBerry. | Obama wears $1,500 Hart Schaffner Marx suits. |
| Obama enjoys playing Scrabble and poker. | Obama uses an Apple Mac laptop. |
| Obama can bench press an impressive 200lbs | Obama has read every Harry Potter book. |
| While on the campaign trail Obama refused to watch CNN and had sports channels on instead. |
Obama and Michelle made $4.2
million last year, with much from sales of his books. |
| Obama owns a set of red boxing
gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali. Michelle Obama shares Ali's January birthday. |
Obama won a Grammy in 2006 for
the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father. |
| Obama plans to install a basketball court at the White House. | Obama repaid his student loan in 2004, 4 years after book deal. |
| Obama's house in Chicago has four fire places. | Obama's favorite book is Moby Dick by Herman Melville. |
| Obama drives a Ford Escape
Hybrid, having ditched his gas-guzzling Chrysler 300. |
Obama's favorite films are
Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. |
| Obama's specialty as a cook is chili. | Obama collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics. |
| Obama worked in a
Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream. |
Obama's favorite music includes
Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees. |
| Obama's favorite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars. | Obama's favorite artist is Pablo Picasso. |
| Obama's favorite meal is wife Michelle's shrimp linguini. | Obama's favorite fictional TV programs are Mash and The Wire. |
| Obama hates the youth trend for
trousers which sag beneath the backside. |
Obama took Michelle to see the
Spike Lee film Do The Right Thing on their first date. |
| Obama's favorite drink is black forest berry iced tea. | Obama was nicknamed "Bar" by his late grandmother. |
| Obama doesn't drink coffee and rarely drinks alcohol. | Obama was known as
"O'Bomber" at high school for his skills at basketball. |
| Obama promised Michelle he
would quit smoking before running for president – he didn't. |
Obama was known as Barry until
university when he asked to be addressed by his full name. |
| As a teenager Obama took drugs including marijuana. | Obama's Secret Service code name is "Renegade". |
| Obama has his hair cut once a week by his
Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21. |
Obama kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia. |
| Obama's daughters' ambitions are
to go to Yale before becoming an actress (Malia, 10) and to sing/dance (Sasha, 7). |
Obama's
father Barack Obama Sr. gave Obama his first basketball on a rare Hawaiian visit. |
| Obama's daughter Malia's godmother is Jesse Jackson's daughter. | Obama said many friends in Indonesia were "street urchins". |
| Watch the Special Video Biography of Barack Obama Shown at the DNC Convention in August 2008 |
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| Barack Obama is devoted two his wife Michelle and their two daughters Malia and Sasha. |
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| Barack's
wife Michelle was born in Chicago in 1964. Photo: Barack and Michelle embrace after historic November 4, 2008 Presidential victory speech in Hyde Park Chicago. |
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greets his two daughters, Malia, and Sasha, after arriving at Pueblo, Colorado airport on November 1, 2008 during Obama's final Presidential campaign swings. |
Michelle Obama
celebrated her 45th birthday aboard the Obama Express train on January 17, 2009, only 3 days from Obama's Inauguration. Photo: Barack kisses Michelle after historic '08 victory. |
| Watch the Special Video Biography of Michelle Obama Shown at the DNC Convention in August 2008 |
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| The
Obama Family - Barack, Sasha, Michelle, and Malia Photo: © Essence Magazine 2008 |
| The Presidential journey of Barack Obama continues inside the pages of RE:Obama ... |
| PRESIDENT OBAMA and FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA VISIT EUROPE - APRIL 1-7, 2009 |
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| April 1/09-London | April 3/09-France | April 3/09 -Germany | April 4/09-Fr/Ger | April 5/09 -Prague | April 6/09-Ankara |
| April 2/09 -London | April 7/09-Istanbul |
| 2009 Daily Timeline - The First 111 Days of President Barack Obama - Jan 20/09 - May 10/09 | |||||
| January 20 | January 21-31 | February 1-9 | February 10-19 | February 20-28 | March 1-10 |
| March 11-20 | March 21-31 | April 1-10 | April 11-20 | April 21-30 | May 1-10 |
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| RE:Obama.com - The Biography of President Barack Obama. |