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Birth Date
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Left Behind
This is the year that Barack Obama Sr. left to continue his studies at Harvard. The exact day that he left is not mentioned but it was sometime in June 1962. -
Step Father
In 1965 Stanley Ann Dunham (Obama's Mother) married a man by the name of Lolo Soetoro. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolo_Soetoro -
Schooling
From 1966-1967 Obama attended kindergarten at Noelani Elementary School in Honolulu. While Lolo had returned to Indonesia to help map Western New Guinea for the Indonesian Government -
The Big Move
In 1967, 6 year old Obama and his mother moved to Jakarta Indonesia to rejoin Lolo. -
New in School
When Barack lived in Indonesia with his mother and step father he was later forced to move back to Hawaii by himself and lived with his grandfather.His grandfather made Barack go to a private school instead of a public one so Barack could get a better education.Kids at Obama's new school picked on him and made fun of his name and hair style.Most of the kids had never seen a black person before. -
joins a basketball team in hawaii
He played for Punahou high school -
Enrolls at Occidental College
The title is pretty self-explanitory. He applies for college and gets accepted at Occidental -
Transfers to Columbia University
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Elected First Black President of Harvard Law Review
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Graduates from Harvard Law School
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Just Married
Barack Obama married Michelle Obama on this date. -
Tragedy
Barack Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham dies of ovarian cancer -
elected to Illinois Senate
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Malia is Born
Malia Obama. Barack and Michelle Obama's first child
