August 4

On August 4, 1961, current US president Barack H. Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawai'i.

There are three requirements to become president, as set forth in the Constitution (Art II, Clause 5). An individual must be 35 years of age, a natural-born citizen of the US, and have lived 14 years in the US. A natural born citizen is one who was either born on US soil OR have two parents who are US citizens. The exact wording of the residency requirement is "been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States." As this section has not been challenged, it is uncertain whether the time need be consecutive or not.

Of course, an aspiring President would still need to meet the requirements of getting on the ballot of enough states to win the electoral college, but that is a different story.

Also on this date, the author of this blog was born.