The Life of Barack Oboma

Barack Obama Born

Aug 4, 1961

Barack Obama is born on this day in Honolulu, Hawaii.

College Years

Oct 4, 1979

Barack Obama starts college at Occidental College and later transfers to Columbia University.

Harvard Law Review

Feb 5, 1990

Barack Obama becomes the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review.

College Graduation

Sep 6, 1991

Barack Obama graduates from Columbia University in New York.

Law School Graduation

Oct 6, 1991

Barack Obama graduates from Harvard with a Juris Doctor magna cum laude.

Marriage

Oct 10, 1992

Barack Obama and Michelle Robinson get married.

Illinois State Senate

Sep 6, 1996

Barack Obama runs for the Illinois State Senate. He wins the Democratic nomination for the seat, and is elected to the Illinois State Senate.

Reelected to Illinois State Senate

Oct 4, 1998

Barack Obama's First daughter Mailia Ann was also born in 1998.

Birth of second daughter

Oct 4, 2001

Daughter Natasha is born.

Reelected again to Illinois State Senate

Oct 4, 2002

Barack Oboma is again reelected to the illinois State Senate

Presedential election of 2008

Oct 4, 2007

Barack Obama announces his candidacy for President of the United States in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.

Wins Democratic party nomination

Jun 3, 2008

After defeating Senator Hillary Clinton in the primaries, Barack Obama becomes the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for the 2008 presidential election.

Wins Presidential Election

Nov 3, 2008

Barack Obama wins the US Presidential Election and becomes the first African-American President of the United States.