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Barack Obama

Biobble n 2006-446
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US Senator

Born on 4/8/1961
at Honolulu (Hawaï) (United States)

Author
Maureen Quinlan

Date created 11/12/2006
Last updated on 6/6/2008

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HISTORICAL REFERENCE POINTS

Y. Gagarin 1st man in space

4 August 1961

Barack Obama is born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Barack, an African name meaning 'blessed,' is the son of Barack Obama Sr., a black Kenyan, and Ann Dunham, a white American. His parents met while his father was a foreign student in Hawaii. They are deceased.

Che Guevera Killed in Bolivia

1967

Moves to Djakarta, Indonesia when Obama's mother married Lola Soetoro, an oil executive. He returned to the United States four years later to live with his grandparents and attend Punahou School in Hawaii. He graduated from the prestigious prep school in 1979.

Death of Tennessee Williams

1983

Graduates from Columbia University in New York City with a bachelor's degree in Political Science.

Rainbow Warrior Sunk

1985

Moves to Chicago. In one of the city's toughest neighborhoods, Obama works as a community organizer for a church-based group that was helping poor residents cope with the closing of nearby manufacturing plants.

Berlin Wall Comes Down

1989

Obama is a summer intern at the corporate law firm Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago.

Nelson Mandela Freed

1990

Elected as the first African-American President (editor) of the Harvard Law Review, the most important legal academic publication in the U.S.

Dissolution of the USSR

1991

Graduates with his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. Obama received a degree with the distinction magna cum laude.

1992

Obama marries Michelle Robinson, his summer adviser at Sidley Austin. Robinson attended Princeton before going to Harvard Law School where she received her degree in 1988. She is from a black working-class South Side family. She is the Executive Director of Community Affairs at the University of Chicago Hospital.

1992

Works at the civil rights law firm Davis, Miner, Barnhill and Galland in Chicago where he represented victims of housing and employment discrimination. Obama also worked on voting rights legislation for a small public-interest firm.

Confrontation in Waco

1993

Obama was named by Crain's Chicago Business as one of "40 under 40" outstanding young leaders.

1993 - 2004

Named Senior Lecturer at the prestigious University of Chicago Law School.

O.J. Simpson- "Not- Guilty"

1995

Publishes his autobiography "Dreams of My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance."

Taliban takes control of Afghanistan

1996 - 2003

Joins the Illinois Legislature as a State Senator representing the 13th district, which includes some of the poorest neighborhoods in the city's South Side.

While in the Illinois State Senate, Obama is named Chairman of the Health and Human Services Committee. His distinguished works include passing bill to assist children and adults who cannot afford health insurance; increasing funding for AIDS prevention and care; a law requiring police to videotape interrogations for crimes punishable by the death penalty; a law requiring insurance companies to cover routine mammograms; legislation to curb racial profiling.

Impeachment trial of President Clinton

1999

Daughter Malia is born.

Mad cow disease alarms Europe

2000

Obama runs unsuccessfully for the U.S. House of Representatives loosing to former Black Panteher and political insider Bobby Rush.

2001

Daughter Sasha is born.

October 2002

Obama gives a speech at an antiwar rally in Chicago. He was opposed to the invasion of Iraq saying, "I am not opposed to all wars. I am opposed to dumb wars."

16 March 2004

Wins the Senate primary for the Democratic party of Illinois. In the primary, he received 53% of the vote in a seven-person race.

27 July 2004

Obama gains worldwide recognition for his speech at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. The speech catapults his image and he is noted as one of the most notable orators for the Democratic party.

"When we send our young men and women into harm's way, we have a solemn obligation not to fudge the numbers or shade the truth about why they're going, to care for their families while they're gone, to tend to the soldiers upon their return, and to never ever go to war without enough troops to win the war, secure the peace, and earn the respect of the world." – Barack Obama

2 November 2004

With 70% of the vote, Obama is elected to the Senate. He is only the third African-American elected to the Senate and is currently the highest ranking African-American elected official in the United States.

2005

Obama begins regular podcasts from his U.S. Senate Web site at www.obama.senate.gov/podcast

4 January 2005

Obama, a democrat, is sworn into national office as a United States Senator for Illinois.

18 April 2005

Time magazine names Obama one of "The World's Most Influential People." He is listed among other leaders and revolutionaries. This same year, the British journal New Statesman names Obama one of "10 People Who Could Change the World."

17 October 2006

Publishes "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream," which details his views of politics and his vision for the future of the U.S. government and its people.

15 May 2008

Hillary Clinton continues agitating for the "honor" and she gets a large victory in West Virginia, but still Barack Obama is taking the lead with 1891.5 delegates.

25 August 2008 - 28 August 2008

The party's candidate will be formally appointed in Denver, Colorado, by the Democratic Convention. It is predicted that Obama will be the candidate chosen by the party but, will he be able to be elected as president of the US although he has not got so much support of the working-class as Hilary?