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Barack Obama & George Harrison

Did Barack Obama and George Harrison live at the same time?

Yes. Barack Obama and George Harrison lived at the same time for 40 years, from 1961 to 2001.[1][2][3][4]

Barack Obama · George Harrison · Born in 1961 · Born in 1943

Barack Obama
Barack Obama
1961–present
Politics & Leadership
44th US President, first African American president
George Harrison
George Harrison
1943–2001
Music
The Beatles, My Sweet Lord
19432026
Barack Obama
George Harrison
Barack Obama
Politics & Leadership
Born in Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
George Harrison
Music
Born in Liverpool
Died in Los Angeles

World Events During Their Overlap

1961 Berlin Wall constructed
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
1963 Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
1964 Civil Rights Act signed in the United States
1969 Apollo 11: first humans walk on the Moon
1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and independence
1973 1973 oil crisis
1975 Fall of Saigon; Vietnam War ends
1979 Iranian Revolution
1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster
1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall
1989 Tiananmen Square protests
1990 Nelson Mandela released from prison
1991 Dissolution of the Soviet Union
1994 Rwandan genocide
1994 End of apartheid; South Africa holds first free elections
1997 Dolly the Sheep cloned
1998 Good Friday Agreement signed in Northern Ireland
2001 September 11 attacks

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Sources

  1. Barack Obama — Wikipedia
  2. Barack Obama (Q76) — Wikidata
  3. George Harrison — Wikipedia
  4. George Harrison (Q2643) — Wikidata