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The passing of Dorothy Height<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dorothy Height was known as the \u201cGodmother of American civil rights\u201d and once marched with Martin Luther King Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dorothy passed away in 2010 at the age of 98. She had continued to campaign long into her nineties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sandy Hook school massacre<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 2012, twenty children, aged between six and seven years old, and six teachers were shot d3ad by Adam Lanza at Sandy Hook elementary school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can only hope it helps for you to know that you\u2019re not alone in your grief,\u201d shared an emotional Obama in a speech following the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We have wept with you, we\u2019ve pulled our children tight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inauguration Ceremony<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Barack Obama became upset because he made his farewell speech as US president on Tuesday night in Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was mention of his wife Michelle and daughters Sasha and Malia that made him cry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOf all that I\u2019ve done in my life, I\u2019m most proud to be your dad,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The loss of his grandmother<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barack Obama\u2019s grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, passed away from canc3r on November 3 2008 in the last day of his campaign for presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned her during a speech at the University of North Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe has gone home,\u201d he said, before telling crowds her loss was \u201chard to talk about\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funeral of Daniel Inouye<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Daniel Inouye was a Hawaiian US senator for 49 years, between 1963 and 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Inouye\u2019s d3ath, Barack Obama\u2019s career had been inspired by the Asian\/American politician because he was born in Hawaii.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe way he commanded the respect of an entire nation, I think it hinted to me what might be possible in my own life,\u201d Obama said in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The introduction of new g*n laws in the US<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Barack Obama shared about the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre as he introduced new g*n laws in America in January 2016: \u201cEvery time I think about those kids, it gets me mad,\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2015 he told BBC that his failure to pass \u201ccommon sense g*n laws\u201d in the US was the significant frustration of his presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Aretha Franklin moment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When it mentions surprise guests, it doesn\u2019t get much bigger than the queen of soul herself, Aretha Franklin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barack and Michelle Obama were guests at a tribute to songwriter Carole King in Washington in 2015 when Aretha performed (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video of the moment, televised by CBS, attracted viewed millions of time on YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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