On this day in 1961, Barack Obama was born
Other well-known people who were born on this day include former cricketer, Robin Peterson, and actress, Bruna Marquezine.
Former American President, Barack Obama, was born on this day in 1961.
He is an American attorney and politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
Obama was the first African American to be elected to the presidency. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
He previously served as a US senator and was state senator from 1997 to 2004.
After graduating, he became a civil rights attorney and an academic, teaching constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004.
In 2004, he rose to fame when he delivered his Democratic National Convention keynote address.
In 2008, he was nominated for president. The nomination came a year after his campaign began, following a close primary campaign against Hillary Clinton.
He was elected over Republican John McCain, and was inaugurated in 2009.
Obama has been named as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
In 2009, Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, a measure that expanded the 1969 United States federal hate-crime law to include crimes motivated by a victim’s actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.
Other well-known people who were born on this day include former cricketer, Robin Peterson, and actress, Bruna Marquezine.
