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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attended 10 official inaugural balls during the evening of January 20, 2009. [149] [150] Barack Obama wore a new tuxedo made by Hart Schaffner Marx, a Chicago-based menswear company. [143] He also wore a white bow tie, instead of the conventional black.
The ball was started as an inaugural event during President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s first inauguration in 1953. Obama was unable to attend this ball, making him the first president since Eisenhower to not attend. Vice President Joe Biden, however, did attend the ball, and was warmly received by the guests. [10]
The nation's first African-American president promised 'hope and change' during his campaign and his address focused on a 'new era of responsibility.' President Barack Obama's first inauguration ...
The following is a timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama from his inauguration as the 44th president of the United States on January 20, 2009, to December 31, 2009. For his time as president-elect, see the presidential transition of Barack Obama; for a detailed account of his first months in office, see first 100 days of the Barack Obama presidency; for a complete itinerary of his travels ...
A Barack Obama supporter puts up posters showing one of the most popular images associated with Obama's first presidential campaign. - Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis/Getty Images
Marian Robinson, the mother of former first lady Michelle Obama, has died, according to a statement from the Obama and Robinson families. She was 86.
Obama's father, Barack Obama, Sr., the university's first foreign student from an African nation, [4] hailed from Oriang' Kogelo, Rachuonyo North District, in the Nyanza Province of western Kenya. [2] [5] Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, known as Ann, had been born in Wichita. They married on the Hawaiian island of Maui on February 2, 1961. [6]
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attended the Commander-In-Chief's Ball held for members of the U.S. military and attended the Inaugural Ball, an invitation-only public gala held as a unified celebration for all Americans. Both inaugural balls were held on January 21 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. [57]