1961
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1962
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1963
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Meanwhile, in Chicago …. a girl is born.
1964
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1965
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1966
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1967
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1968
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1969
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Obama, 9, with his stepfather, Lolo Soetoro, his mother, Ann, and his sister, Maya, in Indonesia in 1970.
1970
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Barack Obama with his father at the Honolulu airport at Christmas in 1971.
1971
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Barack Obama in fifth grade at the Punahou Sch0ol
1972
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With his mother, sister Maya and grandfather Stanley Dunham in Hawaii
1973
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In Honolulu airport with his mother, sister and grandfather, Stanley
1974
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Barack Obama in a 1975 photo from the Punahou School yearbook. He and his eighth-grade homeroom classmates pose with a slide projector as part of the yearbook’s theme of “Nostalgia.”
1975
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A Punahou School yearbook class photo from 1976 that includes the 9th grader who would grow up to become President Obama
1976
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Barack Obama’s 1977 Punahou High School Sophomore Yearbook
1977
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1978
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Barack Obama with his mother at the Punahou School commencement in 1979.
1979
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Barack Obama at Occidental College
With fellow students from Occidental: Mark Anderson and Romeo Garcia at a festival in Pasadena’s Central Park in the spring of 1980
1980
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Barack Obama in Occidental College library in 1981
Barack Obama in New York City while attending Columbia University
1981
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1982
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1983
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1984
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1985
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1986
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1987
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Barack Obama in his first year at Harvard Law School
1988
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1989
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Barack Obama, 28, photographed in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for Vanity Fair’s June 1990 issue, after being elected president of the Harvard Law Review.
1990
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Harvard Law School graduation picture
1991
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In 1992, Barack Obama went from Harvard Law School back to Chicago, where he ran a voter registration drive.
1992
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Barack Obama and Michelle Obama spending Christmas in Hawaii
1993
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Barack Obama the Civil Rights Lawyer. Fantastic audio of him winning a case:
1994
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1995
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Barack Obama showing his support for U.S. Senate candidate Harvey Gantt
1996
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Professor Barack Obama teaching constitutional law at the University of Chicago
1997
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State Senator Barack Obama in his Illinois office
1998
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State Senator Barack Obama during an interview
1999
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State Senator Barack Obama speaking before the Illinois Senate
2000
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Chicago on primary day, March 21, 2000 with Malia
Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Malia Obama, and Sasha Obama at Sasha’s christening.
Barack and Michelle Obama at dinner with daughter Malia in 2000
2001
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In this May 31, 2002 file photograph, state senator Barack Obama from Chicago is pictured during session in the senate chambers in Springfield, Illinois
State Senator Barack Obama speaks out against the Iraq war
2002
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Chairman of the Illinois Senate’s Health and Human Services Committee
2003
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Speaking at the Democratic convention
Barack Obama wins his race for the U.S. Senate
2004
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U.S. Senator Barack Obama re-enacts being sworn-in by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 4, 2005
Senator Barack Obama in his Capitol Hill office
Senator Barack Obama and Senator Joe Biden during a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing
2005
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Barack Obama purchasing a necklace for Michelle Obama in Kenya
Senator Barack Obama in Kisumu, Kenya
While visiting Kenya on Aug. 6, 2006, while an Illinois senator, Barack Obama and Michelle made a public display of taking HIV tests in order to encourage more men to do the same.
August, 2006, in Nairobi, Kenya: Then Sen. Barack Obama, wife Michelle, daughters Sasha, Malia and other children help plant tree with 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai
2006
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February 2007, Barack Obama announces his candidacy at the state Capitol in Springfield, Ill.
Democratic Presidential Candidate Senator Barack Obama gives his wife Michelle a playful kiss as they tour the Iowa State Fair August 16, 2007 in Des Moines
2007
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2008
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2009
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President Barack Obama signing the Affordable Care Act into law
2010
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The Commander-In-Chief keeping his promise to deliver justice to OBL
2011
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2012
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2014
The Obama Diary 
YO!
Yo! 🙂 Hi, gb!!
Hey, hey! 🙂
congratulations on first gobrooklyn
Thanks, nospin!
Congrats gb on #1. You came just in time for the birthday fest! 🙂
I did. I did. 🙂
This is AWESOME! Thanks, Nerdy!!
Thanks, DF
Wow!
NW…I think you just outdone yourself…
Just Beautiful!!
Thank you kindly for this wonderful tribute!
Thanks, Kasai.
You’re Most Welcome:-)
Congrats GB:-)
Love it! 53yrs of pure Awesomeness:-)
Nerdy I bow to you. Can’t thank you enough. This is a marvelous summary of our President’s 53 years and an excellent recognition of his political career and contributions not only to the US, but to the world. No wonder he’s so loved by many…the outpouring of positive birthday messages today (is it just me, or was this year’s birthday wishes particularly memorable?) is so heartening…restores my faith in humanity.
Thanks, HF. It’s been wonderful to see all the heartwarming tweets pouring in from all over the world to President Barack Obama.
So, I,’m going to let you in on a secret.
I started a draft for this post a few days ago, and after failing to find photos for, oh, about 38 of the years, I gave up.
And then Nerdy took over and, well, you see the results.
A lovely, beautiful, wonderful, gorgeous pictorial journey.
Nerdy, you’re a whole bunch of awesome, thank you is NOT enough!!!!!
that is why you both make an awesome team.
Thanks, Nospin.
Yes they do, nospin! I don’t mind staying up this late to read TOD! This post by NW is truly magnificent! Chips really created an amazing blog and selected incredible people to complement her.
Thanks, Nath.
It’s quite a task to collect all these and document them. Thanks to you both for working so hard on this. Just phenomenal.
A pleasure Meta, thank you!
This. You guys compliment one another so well…
Thanks, Meta.
CC, this is one of those FEW times when I didn’t mind bouncing in late AND taking my time to peruse the post – what a treat you have both cooked up! I am tremendously grateful that I hadn’t read the comments BEFORE looking at the post itself as I do on occasion. It was like eating lots and lots and lots of my favourite food….without getting ill! AWESOME SAUCE!
You know, you guys are like your leader – each time we think you have hit the ceiling and there’s no way you can top that – you do!
Oooooooh, you auld sweetheart!!! Thank you VC, you’re very, very, very, VERY lovely!!!
{{{{CC}}}}
Thanks so much, VC.
We Thank YOUs! 😉
Chips, this is only my third post.
In my first two posts I tipped my hat to you and “your trusty lieutenants” for all that you do.
With this compilation you and Nerdy have captured the essence of the man who would become President, and his inner core that has guided this nation and the world.
Nerdy, on this occasion, you have more than outdone yourself.
Thanks, Inswinger.
Chips – You and NW have blown me away with this. Thank you SO MUCH.
Thanks, Ms. J’OB.
You’re a beautiful and generous soul, Chips.
Thank you so very much for everything.
There’s my girl! GOOOO Kamala!
Future GOVERNOR Kamala Harris.
YASSSS.
I love Kamala Harris! I hope her next gig would be Governor of CA.
Beautiful post, Nerdy. Just beautiful.
Thanks, GB.
NW – What a treat! Hadn’t seen a few of these. What a graceful, beautiful man! Oh and Gobrooklyn – congratulations!
Thanks, Judith.
OH MY GOSH, NW. This is a truly FABULOUS compilation. I love see all these photos in one place. Just so beautiful. THANK YOU very much.
Thanks, Meta.
Wow! Outstanding collection, Nerdy W! That “Legend” moniker fits you well indeed!
Thanks, Dudette.
Oh Chips and Nerdy! Thank you so much for this epic collection!
Check out that (3 inch?) natural on the 1976 yearbook picture 🙂 !
What a treat! O.k., back to catching up on today’s posts…
Thanks, MadameSoph.
OMG…went back and looked at all of these…what a wonderful path he took…I do have a request though. NW..can you please fix the typo from 1972 school pic? Need to fix “schol” Thanks:)
OMG, I bet PBO was like honey to bees with the ladies back in the day!
Happy Birthday, Mr. President: 26 Times Barack Obama Has Killed The Game
http://elitedaily.com/news/politics/happy-birthday-mr-president-53-times-obama-killing-game/694951/
I love this! Another awesome collection of our President just dropping the damn mic…
POTUS was adorable every step of the way. No “awkward phase” that I can see.
Thank You Nerdy and Chips for this nifty birthday banquet.
Thanks, Vicki.
A Senator arrives at his Kentucky for August recess.
No doubt startled by the sudden screech of the porch door, a voice from the back room yells: “Mitch? Is that you?”
😀
That tortoise actually looks nice. Mitch can only wish he were that appealing. (brought my reply over from the last thread 🙂 )
NW, this is just all kinds of awesome, just like the birthday boy himself! Thank you for that! Meanwhile, this tiny bit here actually gave me goosebumps! 🙂 “Meanwhile, in Chicago …. a girl is born.”
I know, right?
Awesome Sauce!
Thanks, Keltuc.
{{{{{{{{Nerdy}}}}}}}, you are the gift that keeps on giving. Thank you so much for this fabulous compilation.
This!
Thanks so much, LH.
14 wildfires burning in California at the moment. We need personnel and water……
This makes me feel like it’s MY birthday! What a gift 🙂
🙂
From the last thread.
I am cry.
LOL! Folks asking for Malia pic….
@cleaaaaver Could we get your permission to use this image with credit on our website?
The whole internet blew up with this story…based on one tweet…LOL!
When she turns 18 the paparazzi won’t leave her alone.
and every Magazine wants it on their website…
I feel for PBO:-(
53 years of President Obama’s Life at TOD by one Superb bt; the Hon. Nerdy Wonka. Wow. You are simply the Best. I am going to bookmark this thread. Obrigada, lady Nerdy Wonka.
❤ this threat more than I can say.
Threat? Heck no. Thread. So sorry.
Thanks, Nena.
I wish I had a TV station or a newspaper I could count on.
Fox watchers are lucky. They can turn on their channel and hear the news that makes them happy.
Not, news,exactly. usually negative propaganda.
Not truth.
But still, they pretty much can depend on their Media to deliver the message they are tuning in to hear.
It must be nice.
Beyond spectacular, NW!!!! What a magnificent gift you’ve created for President Obama. Thank you!!
Thanks, Bob.
🍸 🍸 🍸
Wow!
Thanks, Nerdy & Chips for this great collection of Photos. What a great way to spend the President’s birthday, right here at TOD!
Thanks, Sjterrid.
Awesome …Simply Awesome….the amount of time and research that it took to compile this info…as Ms Chips says…saying thank you is not quite enough….BRAVOOOOO!!!…….to the Legendary Nerdy Wonka……BRAVO!!!
Thanks, PF.
This is an effort worthy of a President’s birthday. Congrats Nerdy and Chips. Lots of previously unseen photos.
Thanks, Vetivera.
Wonderful!
TI,
and a ‘Yo, you!’ up there to GoB! This has been a good birthday day, I think.
YES it has….it has shown what we already know….Our President is loved ❤
‘Our President is loved <3'
In the words of my father "You got that right!" 🙂 🙂
my dad would say….Sho NUff!…think it means that same thing…ahaha
Yep! 🙂 🙂
NW, what an EPIC post ! Thank you so much. There are a few photos I had never seen. Plus the audio of Barack Obama the lawyer. Wow, what a find !. Thank you !
Thanks, Lovepolitics2008.
KUDOS! BRAVO! WOWOWOW! also I never heard the oral argument from 1994.
Thanks, aamom.
Hi All
We are just about to start an OFA B-day / ACA celebration. I have been printing pictures from this page for our photo booth. More info coming soon.
Cheers
Cheers! Hope you enjoyed your celebration!
We are about to have a B-Day / ACA celebration. I have been printing pictures from this page all day for our photo booth. Will send pictures tomorrow.
Cheers
NW, you did an awesome job on this chronological timeline for PBO and his family. Love it.
Thanks, COS.
CHEERS!
cool. where didja find all these photos, ut?
This is pretty amazing. Awesome job, Nerdy.
Of course, my fave pic is the one of him at Occidental College, 1979, with the hat. Completely fly.
Thanks, LL.
Ok, opening up a good CALIFORNIA syrah in honor of PBO’s birthday.
DM me a glass, right now.
Picked it up on my birthday trip to Solvang a couple of weeks ago. Also signed up for a wine club, which I usually don’t do, but this one was pretty awesome: you actually get to choose your own wines, rather than just having crappy bottles sent to you by fiat.
Wine’s on its way.
If it stays 1-0 for Liverpool against my boys, I may need a truck-load. I know it’s a meaningless pre-season friendly, but damnit – it’s against Liverpool.
Well, if you had a midfield… But there are like, what, 11 substitutions per side? Maybe Louis will find the magic mixture.
As GGail would put it: Goooooooaaaaaallllllll!
Have I told you lately that I love Wayne?
Where are they playing, anyway?
Some place called Miami. Never heard of it.
Oh, and I thought Americans didn’t like “soccer”. Those 109K at the RM/ManU match must have not gotten the memo.
The song Chips will now serenade Wayne with:
In time I will forgive you for not posting Van Morrison’s version. In time. Ish.
Wayne’s an Englishman. You will serenade him in the English manner!
But Rod is Scottish-ish – you have just ensured that that nation will vote for independence in September.
*Cough* …… 2-1 United!!!!! Mataaaaaaa!!!!! 😎
He seems unable to do that during games that matter…
Hush.
Hey, I’m still trying to figure out why Fernando Torres hasn’t been pensioned off
3-1!!!!!! Roooooooooooney!!! (The ball had actually gone out of play, but who cares?)
BREAKING: Goal disallowed. Grrr.
LOL! at > rather than just having crappy bottles sent to you by fiat. (Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino)
I’d much rather have a FIAT than the fiat wines most wine clubs send you. Mostly swill they want to be rid of.
Hmmm, now you have me thinking of my next car…
That just happen to be my first car..It was a “Mirafiori” don’t know if they even make it anymore:-)
I had to let it go…. it became harder to find parts.
🙂
https://twitter.com/search?q=%22Happy%20Birthday%20Mr.%20President%22&src=tren
LOL! Ellen is funny…tehehehe
I love Ellen. 🙂
Me too:-)
Wow, total Wow! Fantastic photos! It’s moving to see the growth of President Obama from the small child, to the fun loving young boy, to the sensitive and charismatic young man, to the mature, wise and strong man that he is today, a leader for the world.
x 2
Thanks, Bill.
Ha! WhiteHouse.gov did their own birthday photo gallery –
http://1.usa.gov/1v4jkOy
Ha! I should’ve scrolled up! 🙂
Just listened to the oral argument – thoroughly fascinating. His intellect in full evidence!
NerdyW,
Hope the President sneaks a peak at TODville as his day is winding down — maybe after reading his letters from Americans? — and this brings a smile to his face.
Lovely, lovely photos. Had to stop and examine the younger years photos.
Thank you so much for everything you, Chips and all BTs do to make TODville such a wonderful place.
Cheers to everyone on PBO’s BD. Clink!
Clink!
Thanks, Arapaho415.
NW you have outdone yourself. What a wonderful birthday gift to all of us. Thank you for the journey thru the years!!!!!
Thanks, MTMarilyn.
Where to live—–or not…..
Wow!!! Just Wow!!! Nerdy, I bow to you, Oh ye goddess of the internets. Wow. Fantastic post. I’ve bookmarked it. TOD should send this Marty Nesbitt, Chair of the Barack Obama Foundation, for inclusion in the Presidential Library, showing how PBO’s supporters honor him
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks, Zizi.
And now, for more fun: http://theobamadiary.com/2014/08/04/night-owl-chat-president-obama-sings/
Amazing post, Nerdy. Thank you!
Thanks, Itgurl_29.
Nerdy, you win the gold and all the top honors for a phenomenal post that captures everything good and wonderful about our president. What a gem this is–worth saving for the ages. Thank you a thousand times over.
Thanks, Jackie.
Ms Nerdy W, I have only now gone through your work of love. I’ll say this – “WORDS FAIL ME!”
{{{{Ms Nerdy Wonka}}}}
🙂 Thanks, VC.
Truly unbeatable.
This is a a 53 yrs Life in a photo Book.
I have e-mailed this page a dozen times already.
Incredibly done. Thanks NW.
Thanks, Nena.
Chips and Nerdy….What a fantastic BIRTHDAY gift to our PRESIDENT and all his supporters.
You are both ….Simply the Best.
Thanks, Hope44.
NW and Chips, simply beautiful!!!
thanks a lot for this special gift!
Thanks, GCL.
NW – I am … blown … away. Thank you for bringing us these joyful images.
Thanks, Ms. J’OB.
What a wonderful collection. Added to my reading list. NerdyWonka you are amazing, incredible, indefatigable, awesome, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Awww….this is super. Thanks, Taiping.
This is beyond wonderful. So moving, so sweet, so detailed, so inspiring, so fun, so worthy. Thank you thank you thank you.
Thanks so much, Nancie.
This is linked for posterity. Thank you, NW.
Thanks, pickle48.
As always, I am coming here late, but I just wanted to add my voice in thanking you, Nerdy Wonka, for this magnificent post that captures the 53 years of our truly special President. No wonder Chips calls you a legend! This was truly a labor of love, as is the case with all your posts and those valuable tweets you share with people like me who turned-off MSM news. Once again, thank you for this marvelous chronicle of the President’s 53-year journey. And thank you for all you do to help make TOD the place to come to. Like our President, you are a very special person.
I thank you so very much, Nath and I thank you too for all your factual history lessons that gives us insight into the past and the future.
Late to the party, but wanted to thank you Nerdy.. this is so beautiful, many pics I’d not seen before, nor have I heard the oral argument- going to listen now. (((((((NW))))))
Thanks, Sherijr.
Extremely late to this party, but so appreciative of this post, another Keeper – TY Nerdy!
This is an absolutely FABULOUS DIARY!!!
THANKS SO MUCH!