There’s something about Obama

HAPPY Birthday, Mr President — the words famously purred by Marilyn Monroe to US president John F Kennedy on his 45th birthday in 1962.

There’s something about Obama

But this week, almost five decades on, it’s President Barack Obama who’ll be accepting congratulations on reaching the half century mark.

The 44th president of the United States turns 50 on Thursday. And, as America’s first black president and one of the youngest men ever to occupy the White House, Obama has already secured his place in the history books alongside JFK as he blows out the candles on his milestone birthday cake.

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