On August 4, 1961, Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He would go on to become the 44th president of the United States and the first African American to hold the office. His early life included time in Hawaii and Indonesia before he studied at universities on the U.S. mainland. Obama’s political rise included service in the Illinois state senate and the U.S. Senate. His presidential campaigns highlighted themes of hope and change. His birth date often appears in discussions of modern American political history and the gradual diversification of national leadership.
