Barack Obama's Life in Weeks

Barack Obama is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. He was the first African-American president of the United States.

This visualization shows the key moments and periods of his life, based on his Wikipedia page.

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Early Years

🐣 Born in Honolulu

🎂 1 in 1962

🎂 2 in 1963

😢 JFK Assassination

🇺🇸 Johnson inaugurated

🎂 3 in 1964

🎂 4 in 1965

🎂 5 in 1966

🌏 Indonesian Years

🎂 6 in 1967

🎂 7 in 1968

🇺🇸 Nixon inaugurated

🌕 Moon Landing

🎂 8 in 1969

🎂 9 in 1970

Teens

🎂 10 in 1971

🌺 Back Home to Hawaii

👨‍👦 Visit from my father

🎂 11 in 1972

🎂 12 in 1973

🎂 13 in 1974

🇺🇸 Ford inaugurated

🎂 14 in 1975

🎂 15 in 1976

🇺🇸 Carter inaugurated

🎂 16 in 1977

🎂 17 in 1978

🎓 Graduated Punahou

🎂 18 in 1979

🗳 Allowed to vote

🎓 College Journey

🎂 19 in 1980

🇺🇸 Reagan inaugurated

🎤 My first public speech

20s

🎂 20 in 1981

🎂 21 in 1982

🍻 I can drink

🎓 Graduated Columbia

🎂 22 in 1983

🎂 23 in 1984

🏙️ Chicago Organizer

🎂 24 in 1985

🎂 25 in 1986

🎂 26 in 1987

🎂 27 in 1988

⚖️ Started Harvard Law

🇺🇸 GH Bush inaugurated

🎂 28 in 1989

🧱 Berlin Wall Falls

⚖️ Law Review President

🎂 29 in 1990

30s

🎂 30 in 1991

🇷🇺 Soviet Union Dissolves

👨‍⚖️ Law and Teaching

🎂 31 in 1992

💒 Married Michelle

🇺🇸 Clinton inaugurated

🌐 World Wide Web

🎂 32 in 1993

🎂 33 in 1994

📖 Published my first book

🎂 34 in 1995

🪟 Windows 95 Launched

🎂 35 in 1996

🏛️ Illinois Politics

🎂 36 in 1997

👑 Princess Diana's Death

👶 Malia was born

🎂 37 in 1998

🔍 Google Founded

🎂 38 in 1999

🎂 39 in 2000

🇺🇸 GW Bush inaugurated

👶 Sasha was born

40s

🎂 40 in 2001

🗽 9/11

🎂 41 in 2002

🎂 42 in 2003

👥 Facebook Launches

🎤 DNC Speech

🎂 43 in 2004

🏛️ Won Senate Race

🌊 Indian Ocean Tsunami

🏛️ National Politics

🎂 44 in 2005

🎂 45 in 2006

📱 First iPhone

🎯 Announced My Run

🎂 46 in 2007

🎂 47 in 2008

💰 Global Financial Crisis

🗳️ Won the Presidency

🎖️ First Term as President

🇺🇸 Obama inaugurated

💰 Economic Recovery Act

🎂 48 in 2009

🏅 Nobel Peace Prize

🏥 Healthcare Reform

📊 Wall Street Reform

🎂 49 in 2010

🏳️‍🌈 DADT Repeal

🌊 Fukushima Disaster

🎯 Bin Laden Operation

50s

🎂 50 in 2011

🎂 51 in 2012

🗳️ Won Re-election

🎖️ Started Second Term

🎂 52 in 2013

🎂 53 in 2014

📜 Immigration Action

🇨🇺 Cuba Opening

🌈 Marriage Equality

🎂 54 in 2015

🚀 SpaceX Landing

🎂 55 in 2016

📚 Life After the White House

🇺🇸 Trump inaugurated

🏆 Profile in Courage Award

🎂 56 in 2017

🎬 Netflix Deal

🎂 57 in 2018

🎂 58 in 2019

🏠 Martha's Vineyard Home

🦠 COVID-19 Starts

🎥 Oscar Win

🎂 59 in 2020

📚 A Promised Land

🇺🇸 Biden inaugurated

🎙️ Renegades Podcast

60s

🎂 60 in 2021

⚔️ Russia Invades Ukraine

🎧 Audio Award

🎂 61 in 2022

🏆 Emmy Award

🖼️ White House Portrait

🤖 ChatGPT Launches

🎂 62 in 2023

🎂 63 in 2024

🇺🇸 Trump inaugurated

🎂 64 in 2025

🏠 Retired

🎂 65 in 2026

🎂 66 in 2027

🎂 67 in 2028

🎂 68 in 2029

🎂 69 in 2030

70s

🎂 70 in 2031

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🎂 72 in 2033

🎂 73 in 2034

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🎂 76 in 2037

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🎂 79 in 2040

80s

🎂 80 in 2041

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90s

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100s

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