{"slug": "barack-obama", "label": "Barack Obama", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76", "qid": "Q76", "description": "44th President of the United States (2009–2017)", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [2005, 2016], "span_label": ["2005 CE", "2016 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 6}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "president-of-the-united-states", "label": "President of the United States", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "cuba", "label": "Cuba", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "republican-party-united-states", "label": "Republican Party (United States)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "democratic-party-united-states", "label": "Democratic Party (United States)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "african-american", "label": "African American", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vladimir-putin", "label": "Vladimir Putin", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "president-of-russia", "label": "President of Russia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pakistan", "label": "Pakistan", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 2005, "year_label": "2005 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "September 26", "text": "September 26 – Jack Hoffman, American high school football player and pediatric brain cancer patient who met President Barack Obama in 2013 (d. 2025)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368527363#Births", "title": "2005", "revid": 1368527363, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 2008, "year_label": "2008 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 4", "text": "November 4 – 2008 United States presidential election: Democratic U.S. Senator Barack Obama defeats Republican candidate John McCain and is elected the 44th President of the United States, making him the first African-American to be elected to the office.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372634791#November", "title": "2008", "revid": 1372634791, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2009, "year_label": "2009 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 20", "text": "January 20 – Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, becoming the first African-American to hold the office.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367728140#January", "title": "2009", "revid": 1367728140, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 2010, "year_label": "2010 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 2", "text": "November 2 – 2010 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, in the middle of Democratic President Barack Obama's first term. Republicans ended unified Democratic control of Congress and the presidency by winning a majority in the House of Representatives.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372829682#November", "title": "2010", "revid": 1372829682, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2011, "year_label": "2011 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "May 1", "text": "May 1 – U.S. President Barack Obama announces that Osama bin Laden, the founder and leader of the militant group Al-Qaeda, was killed on May 2, 2011 (PKT, UTC+05) during an American military operation in Pakistan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372940525#May", "title": "2011", "revid": 1372940525, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2012, "year_label": "2012 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 6", "text": "November 6 – 2012 United States presidential election: Barack Obama is reelected President of the United States, defeating his Republican challenger Mitt Romney.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373434549#November", "title": "2012", "revid": 1373434549, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2014, "year_label": "2014 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "April 28", "text": "April 28 – United States President Barack Obama's new economic sanctions against Russia go into effect, targeting companies and individuals close to Russian President Vladimir Putin.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373534475#April", "title": "2014", "revid": 1373534475, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2014, "year_label": "2014 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 17", "text": "December 17 – U.S. President Barack Obama announces the resumption of normal diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373534475#December", "title": "2014", "revid": 1373534475, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2016, "year_label": "2016 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 21", "text": "March 21 – Barack Obama visits Cuba, marking the first time a sitting US president has visited the island nation since President Calvin Coolidge visited in 1928.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373421880#March", "title": "2016", "revid": 1373421880, "section": "Events › March"}}]}