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Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Happy Birthday Barack Obama

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek” - Barack Obama
(Barack Obama)
Barack Obama was born on August 4th, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. In 1964 his parents divorced. In 1967 Obama and his mother moved to Indonesia. In 1971 he moved back to Hawaii and lived with his grandparents.
(Obama as a child)
In 1979 he graduated high school.
(Obama in high school)
He then went to attend Occidental college. In 1981 he made his 1st speech which was on the issue of Apartheid in South Africa. He then transferred to Columbia college. In 1982 his father died in a car accident. In 1983 he graduated with a B.A. in political science.
(Obama in 1983)
In 1985 he was among the leaders of May Day efforts to bring attention to the New York City Subway system. He was then hired in Chicago as director of the Developing Communities Project. In 1988 he traveled to Europe and to Kenya. He then attended Harvard Law School. In 1991 he graduated with a JD degree magna cum laude.
(Obama in 1991)
He was the 1st Black president of the Harvard Law Review. He then moved to Chicago. He also accepted a two-year position as Visiting Law and Government Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School to work on his first book. In 1992 he taught at the University of Chicago Law School. Also in 1992 Obama directed Illinois's Project Vote. Also in 1992 he married Michelle Robinson.
(Obama (Right) and Michelle Robinson (Left))
In 1993 he joined a law firm. In 1995 his mother died of cancer. Also in 1995 he wrote a memoir called Dreams from My Father. Also in the same year he served on the board of directors of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge.
(Obama in 1995)
In 1996 he was elected to the Illinois senate. In 1998 he was reelected to the Illinois senate. Also in 1998 he had his 1st daughter Malia Obama. In 2001 he had his 2nd daughter Natasha Obama. In 2002 he was reelected to the Illinois senate.
(Obama in 2002)
In 2003 Obama became chairman of the Illinois Senate's Health and Human Services Committee. Also in 2003 he openly opposed the Iraq War. In 2004 he was elected into the US senate. In 2005 Obama voted for the Class Action Fairness Act. In 2006 Obama sponsored the Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act. Also in 2006 Obama held assignments on the Senate Committees for Foreign Relations, Environment and Public Works and Veterans' Affairs.
(Obama in 2006)
In 2007 Obama and Senator Feingold introduced a corporate jet provision to the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act. Also in 2007 he introduced the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act and the Iraq War De-Escalation Act. Also in 2007 Obama announced his presidential candidacy. In 2008 he resigned from the US senate. Also in 2008 Obama became the democratic party candidate. Obama won the 2008 presidential election. He became the 1st elected African American president.
(Obama in 2008)
In 2009 Obama issued executive orders and presidential memoranda directing the U.S. military to develop plans to withdraw troops from Iraq. The first bill signed into law by Obama was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Also in 2009 Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
(Obama (Left) with Michelle Obama (Right))
In 2010 Obama signed the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act. Also in 2010 Obama signed the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010. Also in 2010 the nation’s unemployment rate started to fall. Also in 2010 Obama signed the affordable care act.
(Obama in 2010)
In 2011 he announced his reelection campaign. Also in 2011 Obama announced that all US troops would leave Iraq. Also in 2011 Obama authorized a raid that ended in the death of Osama Bin Laden.
(Obama in 2011)
In 2012 Obama won his 2nd term as president. In 2013 the Obama administration filed briefs urging the Supreme Court to rule in favor of same sex couples. Also in 2013 Obama signed 23 executive orders and outlined a series of sweeping proposals regarding gun control.
(Obama (Left) and Michelle Obama (Right))
In 2014 Obama announced that he intended to normalize relationships between Cuba and the United States. Also in 2014 Obama authorized an air campaign in Syria. In 2015 Obama was the 1st president to speak in front of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
(Obama in 2015)
In 2016 Obama announced new executive actions extending background check requirements to more gun sellers. Also in 2016 Obama was the 1st president since 1928 to visit Cuba.
(Obama in 2016)
In 2017 the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum awarded the annual Profile in Courage Award to Obama.
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Today he turns 56 years old and we would all like to say happy birthday Barack Obama.
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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Happy Birthday Michelle Obama

“I never cut class. I loved getting A’s, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart is cooler than anything in the world” - Michelle Obama
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Michelle Obama was born as Michelle Robinson on January 17th, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. As a child she played piano. Also as a child she was able to skip a grade.
Image result for michelle obama young(Robinson as a child)
In 6th grade she joined a gifted class. In high school she has honor roll all 4 years, took advanced placement classes and was a member of the national honors society.
Image result for michelle obama teenager(Robinson in high school)
In 1981 she graduated and was the salutatorian of her class. She then attended Princeton University. While in college she faced racial discrimination. In 1985 she graduated cum laude.
Image result for michelle obama teenager(Robinson in 1985)
In 1988 she earned her Juris Doctor degree from Harvard university. She then became an associate at the Chicago office of the law firm Sidley & Austin. In 1991 her father died. Also in 1991 she held public sector positions in the Chicago city government as an Assistant to the Mayor. In 1992 Robinson married Barack Obama.
Image result for michelle obama 1992(Michelle Obama with her husband Barack Obama in 1992)
In 1993 she became Executive Director for the Chicago office of Public Allies. In 1996 she served as the Associate Dean of Student Services at the University of Chicago, where she developed the University's Community Service Center.
Image result for michelle obama 1996(Michelle Obama with her husband Barack Obama in 1996)
In 2002 she began working for the University of Chicago Hospitals. In 2005 she was vice president of the University of Chicago Hospitals.
Image result for michelle obama 2005(Michelle Obama with her husband Barack Obama in 2005)
In 2006 she was listed as one of the top 25 most inspiring women of all time. In 2007 she was listed among the top 10 best dressed people. She constantly helped and supported her husband during his campaign for president. Both her and her husband faced criticism from multiple media sources during this time.
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In 2008 she became an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha. When her husband became the 1st Black president of the U.S. she became the 1st Black first lady of the U.S. In 2009 she was named most fascinating person of the year. Also in 2009 Obama met with Queen Elizabeth II in Buckingham Palace. Also in 2009 she appeared on the cover of “Vogue”.
Image result for michelle obama 2009(Michelle Obama with her husband Barack Obama in 2009)
In 2010 she created “Let’s Move” a campaign to combat childhood obesity. Also in 2010 she visited Mexico. In 2011 she visited South Africa and Botswana.
Image result for michelle obama 2011(Obama in 2011)
She then campaigned for her husband’s reelection in 2012. Also in 2012 Obama and husband were awarded the Jerald Washington Memorial Founders' Award. Also in 2012 Barack and Michelle Obama came out publicly in favor of same sex marriage.
Image result for michelle obama 2012(Obama in 2012)
In 2013 she attended the 50th anniversary ceremony for the March on Washington. In 2014 Obama joined the campaign to bring back school girls who had been kidnapped in Nigeria. Also in 2014 she visited China.
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In 2015 she traveled to Selma, Alabama, with her family to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches. Also in 2015 she visited Saudi Arabia. In 2016 she visited Cuba. Also in 2016 she supported Hillary Clinton’s campaign for president.
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Today she turns 53 years old and we would all like to say happy birthday Michelle Obama.


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Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Happy Birthday Barack Obama

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek” - Barack Obama
(Barack Obama)
Barack Obama was born on August 4th, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. In 1964 his parents divorced. In 1967 Obama and his mother moved to Indonesia. In 1971 he moved back to Hawaii and lived with his grandparents.
(Obama as a child)
In 1979 he graduated high school.
(Obama in high school)
He then went to attend Occidental college. In 1981 he made his 1st speech which was on the issue of Apartheid in South Africa. He then transferred to Columbia college. In 1982 his father died in a car accident. In 1983 he graduated with a B.A. in political science.
(Obama in 1983)
In 1985 he was among the leaders of May Day efforts to bring attention to the New York City Subway system. He was then hired in Chicago as director of the Developing Communities Project. In 1988 he traveled to Europe and to Kenya. He then attended Harvard Law School. In 1991 he graduated with a JD degree magna cum laude.
(Obama in 1991)
He was the 1st Black president of the Harvard Law Review. He then moved to Chicago. He also accepted a two-year position as Visiting Law and Government Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School to work on his first book. In 1992 he taught at the University of Chicago Law School. Also in 1992 Obama directed Illinois's Project Vote. Also in 1992 he married Michelle Robinson.
(Obama (Right) and Michelle Robinson (Left))
In 1993 he joined a law firm. In 1995 his mother died of cancer. Also in 1995 he wrote a memoir called Dreams from My Father. Also in the same year he served on the board of directors of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge.
(Obama in 1995)
In 1996 he was elected to the Illinois senate. In 1998 he was reelected to the Illinois senate. Also in 1998 he had his 1st daughter Malia Obama. In 2001 he had his 2nd daughter Natasha Obama. In 2002 he was reelected to the Illinois senate.
(Obama in 2002)
In 2003 Obama became chairman of the Illinois Senate's Health and Human Services Committee. Also in 2003 he openly opposed the Iraq War. In 2004 he was elected into the US senate. In 2005 Obama voted for the Class Action Fairness Act. In 2006 Obama sponsored the Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act. Also in 2006 Obama held assignments on the Senate Committees for Foreign Relations, Environment and Public Works and Veterans' Affairs.
(Obama in 2006)
In 2007 Obama and Senator Feingold introduced a corporate jet provision to the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act. Also in 2007 he introduced the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act and the Iraq War De-Escalation Act. Also in 2007 Obama announced his presidential candidacy. In 2008 he resigned from the US senate. Also in 2008 Obama became the democratic party candidate. Obama won the 2008 presidential election. He became the 1st elected African American president.
(Obama in 2008)
In 2009 Obama issued executive orders and presidential memoranda directing the U.S. military to develop plans to withdraw troops from Iraq. The first bill signed into law by Obama was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Also in 2009 Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
(Obama (Left) with Michelle Obama (Right))
In 2010 Obama signed the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act. Also in 2010 Obama signed the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010. Also in 2010 the nation’s unemployment rate started to fall. Also in 2010 Obama signed the affordable care act.
(Obama in 2010)
In 2011 he announced his reelection campaign. Also in 2011 Obama announced that all US troops would leave Iraq. Also in 2011 Obama authorized a raid that ended in the death of Osama Bin Laden.
(Obama in 2011)
In 2012 Obama won his 2nd term as president. In 2013 the Obama administration filed briefs urging the Supreme Court to rule in favor of same sex couples. Also in 2013 Obama signed 23 executive orders and outlined a series of sweeping proposals regarding gun control.
(Obama (Left) and Michelle Obama (Right))
In 2014 Obama announced that he intended to normalize relationships between Cuba and the United States. Also in 2014 Obama authorized an air campaign in Syria. In 2015 Obama was the 1st president to speak in front of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
(Obama in 2015)
In 2016 Obama announced new executive actions extending background check requirements to more gun sellers. Also in 2016 Obama was the 1st president since 1928 to visit Cuba.
(Obama in 2016)
Today he turns 55 years old and we would all like to say happy birthday Barack Obama.

Videos of Barack Obama



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