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44th President of the USA on Nov. 4 (first African-American elected to the position)
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Obama's second book, The Audacity of Hope, published
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Daughter Sasha born
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Lost Illinois Democratic primary election for US House of Representatives seat
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Daughter Malia born
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Mother died of cancer, age 52
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Married attorney Michelle Robinson, Oct. 18
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Graduated from Harvard Law School
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died in car crash at age 46, in Nairobi, Kenya
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Attended Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, for 2 years
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Maya Soetoro born, Aug. 15
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Parents divorce
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Born Aug. 4, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Barack Obama Sr. and Stanley Ann Dunham