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Barack Obama & Carl Sagan

Did Barack Obama and Carl Sagan live at the same time?

Yes. Barack Obama and Carl Sagan lived at the same time for 35 years, from 1961 to 1996.[1][2][3][4]

Barack Obama · Carl Sagan · Born in 1961 · Born in 1934

Barack Obama
Barack Obama
1961–present
Politics & Leadership
44th US President, first African American president
Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan
1934–1996
Science & Invention
Cosmos, pale blue dot, science communicator
19342026
Barack Obama
Carl Sagan
Barack Obama
Politics & Leadership
Born in Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
Carl Sagan
Science & Invention
Born in Brooklyn
Died in Seattle

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

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Sources

  1. Barack Obama — Wikipedia
  2. Barack Obama (Q76) — Wikidata
  3. Carl Sagan — Wikipedia
  4. Carl Sagan (Q410) — Wikidata