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Barack Obama & Hugo Chávez

Did Barack Obama and Hugo Chávez live at the same time?

Yes. Barack Obama and Hugo Chávez lived at the same time for 52 years, from 1961 to 2013.[1][2][3][4]

Barack Obama · Hugo Chávez · Born in 1961 · Born in 1954

Barack Obama
Barack Obama
1961–present
Politics & Leadership
44th US President, first African American president
Hugo Chávez
Hugo Chávez
1954–2013
Politics & Leadership
President of Venezuela 1999–2013
19542026
Barack Obama
Hugo Chávez
Barack Obama
Politics & Leadership
Born in Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
Hugo Chávez
Politics & Leadership
Born in Sabaneta
Died in Hospital Militar de Caracas

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
2003 Human Genome Project completed
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
2008 Global financial crisis
2010 Arab Spring begins
2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster

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Sources

  1. Barack Obama — Wikipedia
  2. Barack Obama (Q76) — Wikidata
  3. Hugo Chávez — Wikipedia
  4. Hugo Chávez (Q8440) — Wikidata