The 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama is the first Black American who has been elected to the Oval Office. He served from until

Barack Obama was born to a white American mother, Ann Dunham, and a black Kenyan father,Barack Obama Sr., who were both young college students at the University of Hawaii. When his father left for Harvard, she and Barack stayed behind, and his father ultimately returned alone to Kenya, where he worked as a government economist.

Known For: Obama was the 44th president of the United States Born: Aug. 4, in Honolulu, Hawaii Parents: Barack Obama Sr. and Ann Dunham Education: Occidental College, Columbia University (B.A.), Harvard University (J.D.).

Barack Obama was born to a white American mother, Ann Dunham, and a black Kenyan father,Barack Obama Sr., who were both young college students at the University of Hawaii. When his father left for Harvard, she and Barack stayed behind, and his father ultimately returned alone to Kenya, where he worked as a government economist.

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Biography of Barack Obama first President of African American heritage. Elected to two terms in office. Overview of domestic and foreign policy of Obama.

Medhurst was born in London and trained as a printer. After a brief enrollment at Hackney College, London, he joined the London Missionary Society with the intention of working among the Chinese. Embarking for Malacca in , he met, courted, and married Elizabeth Braun when his ship put in at Madras, and he disembarked at Malacca in a.

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.(/ ˈ b aɪ d ən / BY-dən; born November 20, ) is an American politician serving as the 46th president of the United States since Before becoming president, he was the 47th vice president under Barack Obama from to

Barack Obama (born August 4, , Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.) is the 44th president of the United States (–17) and the first African American to hold the office. Before winning the presidency, Obama represented Illinois in the U.S. Senate (–08).

But as a presidential biography it proves a mind-numbing exercise in patience and pointless perseverance – 2 stars (Full review here) * * * “Barack Obama: The Story” () by David Maraniss. I had a great experience with Maraniss’s biography of the young Bill Clinton and this book on Barack Obama’s early life did not disappoint.

Villa had four title defenses before his unexpected death at the age of twenty-three from Ludwig’s angina. In , Ring Magazine voted Pancho Villa one of the “80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years.” The Associated Press voted Villa the #1 Flyweight of the 20th Century. Pancho Villa was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in