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Barack Obama & Roald Dahl

Did Barack Obama and Roald Dahl live at the same time?

Yes. Barack Obama and Roald Dahl lived at the same time for 29 years, from 1961 to 1990.[1][2][3][4]

Barack Obama · Roald Dahl · Born in 1961 · Born in 1916

Barack Obama
Barack Obama
1961–present
Politics & Leadership
44th US President, first African American president
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl
1916–1990
Literature
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
19162026
Barack Obama
Roald Dahl
Barack Obama
Politics & Leadership
Born in Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
Roald Dahl
Literature
Born in Llandaff
Died in Oxford

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

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Sources

  1. Barack Obama — Wikipedia
  2. Barack Obama (Q76) — Wikidata
  3. Roald Dahl — Wikipedia
  4. Roald Dahl (Q25161) — Wikidata