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Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becoming the first African-American President of the United States.
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Barack Obama
President of the United States from 2009 to 2017
Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president. Obama previously served as a U.S. senator representing Illinois from 2005 to 2008…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
First inauguration of Barack Obama
56th United States presidential inauguration
The first inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States took place on Tuesday, January 20, 2009, at the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. The 56th inauguration, which set a record attendance for any event held in the city,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Head of state and government of the United States
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African Americans
Ethnic and cultural group in the United States
African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly called Afro-Americans, are an American racial and ethnic group who as defined by the United States census, consists of Americans who have ancestry from "any of the Black populations of Africa". African Americans…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Day of the year
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