Former President Barack Obama announced the death of the Obama family's dog, Bo, on Saturday. "This afternoon was a difficult one for our family. We said goodbye to our best friend—our dog, Bo—after a battle with cancer," Michelle Obama wrote in a post on Instagram. President Barack Obama and his family received Bo, a male Portuguese Water Dog, as a gift in 2009. He was 12. | NPR

“If you're walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.” - Barack Obama, born on this day in 1961. | Biography