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Born in Honolulu, Hawaii
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6 years old. In Indonesia Barack Obama becomes familiar with poverty, beggars, and children dying from illnesses.
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Barack Obama applies and accepted to Harvard Law School. He takes student loans to pay his tuition.
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Barack Obama is now 26 years old. Before beginning his law studies, he decides to visit Kenya. He wants to know who his father was, so he can understand his own identity.
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February 5, 1990 - Barack Obama becomes the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review.
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Graduates from Harvard School
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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.
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Barack Obama is reelected to the Illinois Senate.
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Barack Obama is sworn as a U.S. senator.
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Barack Obama announces his candidacy for President of the United States in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
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Barack Obama wins the US Presidential Election and becomes the first African-American President of the United States
