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★ Barack Obama Biography ★
★ August 4, 1961 Barack Obama is born in Honolulu, Hawaii.★
1983 Obama graduates from Columbia
University. ★
1985 – 1988 Obama becomes community
organizer Chicago, Illinois. ★
1988 Obama enters Harvard Law School. ★
1990 Obama is elected President of Harvard
Law Review. ★
1991 Obama graduates from Harvard Law School.★
★ July 18, 1995 Barack Obama's autobiography
"Dreams from My Father : A Story of Race and Inheritance" is
released. ★
1996 Obama is elected to the Illinois State Senate, serves from
1997 to 2004. ★
★ March 21, 2000 Obama loses primary election for
U.S. Congress seat from Illinois. ★
★ October 2, 2002 Obama address rally in Chicago
stating his opposition to the coming war in Iraq. ★
★ March 16, 2004 Obama wins primary election for U.S.
Senate seat from Illinois. ★
★ July 27, 2004 Obama electrifies the Democratic
National Convention with his keynote address “The Audacity of Hope”
speech. The convention held in Boston, Massachusetts nominates John
Kerry for President and John Edwards for Vice President. ★
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November 2, 2004 Obama is elected United States Senator
from Illinois. ★
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January 4, 2005 Barack Obama is sworn in as the United States
Senator from Illinois. ★
★ January 16, 2007 Obama begins campaign for the
White House by forming a presidential exploratory committee. ★
★ January 3, 2008 Obama wins Iowa Caucus with 38 % of
the vote, followed by John Edwards with 30 % and Hillary Clinton with
29%.. ★
★ January 8, 2007 Hillary Clinton wins New Hampshire
primary with 39% of the vote followed by Barack Obama with 36%. ★
★ January 28, 2008 Senator Edward Kennedy endorses
Barack Obama.
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★ February 5, 2008 Barack Obama wins the 13 states to
Hillary Clinton's nine states in Super Tuesday voting. ★
★ May
20, 2008 After winning the Oregon primary and despite a loss in the
Kentucky, Obama has now a acquired a majority of all pledged delegates
that are available.★
★ June 3, 2008
Obama secures enough pledged and super delegates to claim Democratic Party Presidential
nomination. ★
★ June
7, 2008 Hillary Clinton ends her campaign for president and endorses
Barack Obama. ★
★ June
9, 2008 Barack Obama launches a two week tour of battleground states
beginning with a speech focusing on economic issues in Raleigh , North Carolina.
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★ June
10, 2008 Ohio Governor Ted Strickland announces that while he
supports Obama he will not serve under any circumstances as Obama's
vice president. ★
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June 16, 2008 Former Vice President and Nobel Prize Winner Al
Gore endorses Barack Obama for President. ★
★ June
16, 2008 In an article in a New York newspaper a campaign
button manufacturer states that so far the company has sold 110,000
Barack Obama campaign buttons, 30,000 Hillary Clinton campaign
buttons and 10,000 John McCain campaign buttons. ★
★ June
18, 2008 New polls show Obama leading in the swing states of
Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania. ★
★ June
19, 2008 Barack Obama announces that he will not participate in
public financing for the general election. ★
★ June
26, 2008 Barack Obama receives the endorsement of the AFL-CIO. ★
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June 27, 2008 Barack
Obama and Hillary Clinton appear at a rally together in Unity
, New Hampshire.
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