Barack Obama was born on 4 August 1961 in Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children. An American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party, Obama was the 44th president of the United States and the first African American to hold the office. He had worked as a community organiser and taught constitutional law before serving in the Illinois Senate and the US Senate. His presidency saw the Affordable Care Act, the response to the 2008 financial crisis, the end of combat operations in Iraq and the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009. Donald Trump succeeded him in 2017.
Before and after
- 6 June 1961Death of Carl Jung
- 21 June 1961Birth of Joko Widodo
- 1 July 1961Birth of Diana, Princess of Wales
- 2 July 1961Death of Ernest Hemingway
- 4 August 1961Birth of Barack Obama
- 6 August 1961Launch of Vostok 2
- from 13 August 1961 to 9 November 1989Construction of Berlin Wall
- from 1 September 1961 to 29 May 1991Eritrean War of Independence
- 11 September 1961The World Wildlife Fund is founded
More in Wars, politics & history
- 15 August 1947India and Pakistan become independent
- from 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953Korean War
- from 1 November 1955 to 30 April 1975Vietnam War
- from 16 May 1966 to 6 October 1976Cultural Revolution
- 20 February 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
- 31 January 2020Brexit
The era
This moment belongs to the Contemporary world (1945 CE to today), the world since 1945. You can also browse everything in the 20th century.