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Marriage of Barack Sr. and Ann Dunham
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Barack Hussein Obama II was born
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Move to Jakarta, Indonesia and birth of sister
Ann,Lolo Soetoro(husband) ,and Obama II moved to Indonesia where his half sister was born. Her name is Maya Soetoro Ng. -
Barack moved in with maternal grandparents.
Ann sent Barack back to Hawaii to live after several incidents happened in Indonesia -
Barack Graduates
Barack graduated from Punahou Academy, excelling in basketball and graduating with academic honors. -
The death of Barack Sr.
Barack Sr. died in a car accident while traveling in Nairobi -
Barack graduates college
After high school, Obama studied at Occidental College in Los Angeles for two years. He then transferred to Columbia University in New York, graduating in 1983 with a degree in political science. -
Chicago bound
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Harvard bound
Barack began Harvard Law -
Meeting Michelle
Michelle Robinson, an associate at Sidley & Austin law firm in Chicago. She was assigned to be Obama's adviser during a summer internship at the firm, and soon the couple began dating. -
Barack Graduates Harvard
He graduated magna cum laude. -
Wedding bells
Barack and Michelle got married. -
Illinois state senate
Obama won the Illinois state senate as a democrat -
Birth of a baby girl
Malia was born -
Another baby girl!
Sasha was born -
Obama makes US Senate
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President?
Barack announces candidancy for President -
President!
Obama beats John McCain in the presidential election of 2008 -
First State of the Union Address
President Obama delivered his first State of the Union speech. During his oration, Obama addressed the challenges of the economy, proposing a fee for larger banks, announcing a possible freeze on government spending in 2010, and speaking against the Supreme Court's reversal of a law capping campaign finance spending.