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Events on Friday 4 August 1961 1
1961 – presentBarack Obama44th President — first African American presidentBarack Obama (born Aug 4, 1961) was the 44th President 2009-2017, the first African American president. He passed the Affordable Care Act, oversaw the killing of Osama bin Laden, and won the Nobel Peace Prize.