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Following his victory in the 2008 United States presidential election, then-President-elect Barack Obama gave his victory speech [1] at Grant Park in his home city of Chicago, [2] on November 4, 2008, before an estimated crowd of 240,000.
Stanley Armour Dunham, Ann Dunham, Maya Soetoro and Barack Obama, mid-1970s (l to r) On August 21, 1959, Hawaii became the 50th state to be admitted into the Union. Dunham's parents sought business opportunities in the new state, and after graduating from high school in 1960, Dunham and her family moved to Honolulu.
President Obama arrived in Cuba for a three-day visit on March 20, 2016. [87] Obama headed a delegation of between 800 and 1,200, including businesspeople and congressional leaders who had helped in establishing the 2014 normalization deal. [88] Obama was the first sitting U.S. president to visit Cuba since Calvin Coolidge in 1928. [88]
History Talks: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Kevin Costner, Eva Longoria, Kate Winslet and John Legend Look Back to Move Forward. Cynthia Littleton. September 22, 2024 at 9:00 AM.
United States – President Barack Obama said a "historic understanding" had been reached with Iran, [6] and pointed out that the deal with Iran is a good deal if the deal could meet core objectives of the United States. [43] 150 Democratic House members signaled that they supported reaching a deal, enough to sustain a Presidential Veto. A ...
Obama is expected to meet Myanmar President Thein Sein at the Sixth East Asia Summit. [70] Clinton made a two-day visit from 1 December 2011. [71] Barack Obama visited Myanmar on 18 November 2012, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to do so. Obama also visited Aung San Suu Kyi in her home. [72]
Connie Hedegaard, former president of the UN Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen (left chair to Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen on 16 December) [1]. The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly known as the Copenhagen Summit, was held at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 7 and 18 December.
Barack Obama gave eighteen speeches on behalf of the Clinton Campaign, many of which were in battleground states, such as North Carolina and New Hampshire. His last speech on behalf of the campaign was delivered at a rally at Independence Hall in Philadelphia on the eve of Election Day on November 7, 2016.