(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 3, 2011: On Wednesday night, Obama was feted by about 2,000 political friends at a pair of campaign fundraisers in the Windy City.
At one, a crowd of 1,500 paid $50 each to hear Jennifer Hudson, Herbie Hancock and OK Go serenade the president.
U.S. President Barack Obama listens as performers, including Jennifer Hudson, sing "Happy Birthday" to him to celebrate his 50th birthday before he delivers remarks at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser at the Aragon Entertainment Center in Chicago August 3, 2011. A second, smaller fundraiser featured 100 backers paying $35,800 each.
In addition, Obama supporters and field organizers held more than 1,100 birthday-themed house parties across the country. The president planned to host a video teleconference that connected all of those gatherings.
In a recent interview with NPR, he said, "I feel real good about 5-0."
"Obviously, I've gotten a little grayer since I took this job, but otherwise I feel pretty good," the president said. "And Michelle, you know, says that, she still thinks I'm cute — and I guess that's all that matters, isn't it?"
Obama is among the youngest of presidents. Only six others have turned 50 on the job: James Polk, Franklin Pierce, Ulysses Grant, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt and Bill Clinton.
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Obama, only the second president in the past century to turn 50 in office, has lived through a remarkable half-century.
In 1961, the year the nation's first African-American president was born, thugs beat up "Freedom Riders" who rode buses to protest segregation in the South.
Two days after Obama's 4th birthday, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, eliminating barriers designed to disenfranchise African Americans.
Obama turned 30 the year of the United States' first war with Iraq and the demise of the Soviet Union.
Based on his recent NPR interview, Obama has already received one birthday gift.
"You know, what I really want right now is to get a debt-ceiling deal for my birthday," Obama said. "That's kind of sad, I know."
"Maybe I'll have a good hamburger on my birthday as well," he added.
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