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November 4, 2008

On November 4, 2008, barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected as President of the United States. The year's #1 song was "Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain. Hyein, Rio Ngumoha, Hudson Meek would arrive in the same year.

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2008 (MMVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2008th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 8th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2000s decade.

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On November 4, 2008

  1. 2008 Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected as President of the United States.

    President of the United States from 2009 to 2017

    Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president. S.

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Died on November 4, 2008

Michael Crichton American author and filmmaker (1942–2008)
Rosella Hightower Native American ballerina and member of the Choctaw Nation (1920–2008)
Juan Camilo Mouriño Mexican politician

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Hyein 2008– South Korean singer
Rio Ngumoha 2008– English footballer
Hudson Meek 2008– American actor (died 2024)
Ella Gross 2008– American singer, model and actress
Ediz Gürel 2008– Turkish chess grandmaster
Rémi Himbert 2008– French footballer

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