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Motown Records of Detroit, Michigan, USA, buys The Jackson Five out of a previous recording contract, with Steeltown Records.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson are recording Who's Loving You for Motown Records in Detroit, Michigan.
I Want You Back by the Jackson 5, featuring Michael Jackson, reaches No1 in the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA.
Blues pianist Otis Spann dies, aged 40, in Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA. On the same day, ABC by the Jackson Five reaches No1 on the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play a fund-raising gig for Mayor Richard Hatcher's re-election campaign, at Westside High School in their home-town of Gary, Indiana. The group is given the keys to the city.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, release a new single, Never Can Say Goodbye, on Motown Records in the USA.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play at Dorton Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina.
The tv special, Goin' Back to Indiana, starring The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson is broadcast in the USA on ABC-tv, with guests Bill Cosby and The Smothers Brothers.
Ain't No Sunshine by Michael Jackson enters the UK Top 50 Singles chart where it will peak at No3 during a fourteen-week run.
The The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play the sixth of seven nights at the Mill Run Theater, Chicago, Illinois.
On their Destiny Tour, The
Jacksons including Michael
Jackson, are presented with the key to the city of Columbus, Georgia at the Government Center's Plaza Level. While in the town, Michael Jackson
is interviewed by the Columbus Times.
Michael Jackson attends a halloween party hosted by Jane Fonda at the Hollywood Palace, Hollywood, California.
Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough, the first of four Top Ten hits from Michael Jackson's album Off The Wall, is awarded a Gold Disc in the USA by the R.I.A.A.Michael Jackson is filming the video for his upcoming single Thriller with director John Landis, in Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA.
Michael Jackson's Thriller video, which cost over $1m to make, is premiered at The Metro Theater, Westwood, California, USA.
At the Grammy Awards Ceremony in Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA, Michael Jackson scoops a remarkable eight Grammies.On his Bad World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the last of three nights at The Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, Illinois.
On his Bad World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the first of three nights at Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam, Holland, to an audience of 48,400.
On his 
On her Rhythm Nation 1814 tour, Janet Jackson plays at The Sports Arena, San Diego, California, USA.
On her Rhythm Nation 1814 tour, Janet Jackson plays the second of two nights at ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California, USA. On her Rhythm Nation 1814 tour, Janet Jackson plays the first of two nights at Osaka-Jo hall, Osaka, Japan, Asia.
On her Rhythm Nation 1814 World Tour, Janet Jackson plays at Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
On her Rhythm Nation 1814 World Tour, Janet Jackson plays the first of three nights at The Great Western Forum, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, USA.On her Rhythm Nation 1814 tour, Janet Jackson plays the last of four nights at The Omni, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.Black or White by Michael Jackson enters the UK pop singles chart at No1, a position it will occupy for two weeks. On the same day it enters the Billboard US Top 40 singles chart at No35 - the week's highest new entry.
Los Angeles Police Department say they have issued an 'open invitation' for Michael Jackson to report to them at any time to help clear up the child sex allegations which have been made against him.
LAPD detectives raid the Jackson family home in Encino, California, looking for evidence to substantiate allegations that Michael Jackson has had sexual relations with minors.
On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the third of four nights at the Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan, Asia, to an audience of 45,000.On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the first of three nights at the Wembley Stadium, London, England, United Kingdom, to an audience of 72,000.
On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays at the Festwiese, Leipzig, Germany, to an audience of 55,000.
When Michael Jackson plays at the Olympic Stadium, Munich, Germany, Europe, a stage-prop bridge collapses as he dances along it, hurling him into the pit. He is not seriously injured.Michael Jackson reveals during an interview that he doesn't like pop music. The revelation comes in the wake of Jackson having purchased some classical music CDs during a shopping trip in Berlin, Germany, Europe.Auction house Sotheby's files a lawsuit against Michael Jackson for non-payment on a purchase of two paintings. Sotheby's allege that Jackson's company, MJJ Productions, successfully bid $1.3m on two artworks by French painter William Adolphe Bouguereau at an October auction, but the bill remains unpaid.
Michael Jackson and his ex-wife Debbie Rowe, reach an agreement to have retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Stephen M. Lachs preside over the case relating to custody and visitation rights for their children.
Facing charges of child molestation, Michael Jackson fires his high profile legal advisors, Mark Geragos and Benjamin Brafman, and takes on a new legal representative, Thomas A. Mesereau Jr.
The prosecution in Michael Jackson’s ongoing child molestation case in Santa Barbara, California, USA, accuses Jackson’s legal team of abusing the judicial process by demanding highly detailed medical records of the alleged victim and his family.Michael Jackson, having recovered from a flu attack, is discharged from the Marian Medical Center in Santa Maria, California, USA.BBC news reports that according to documents filed in Los Angeles, Michael Jackson has missed payments of over $150,000 to lenders Indymac Bancorp, on one of his properties in Encino, California. The house had been used by members of his family in recent years.
Concert promoters AEG Live confirm that all tickets for Michael Jackson's 50-night 'This Is It' residency at London's O2 Arena have sold out within hours of going on sale.
Police and U.S. federal agents search the Houston, Texas, USA, clinic of Michael Jackson's doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, in what his attorney says is a search for evidence of manslaughter.
Evan Chandler, father of Jordan Chandler, and instigator of charges against Michael Jackson of child sex abuse, is found dead in bed at home, having shot himself in the head.Mocienne Petit Jackson, who claimed to be the illegitimate daughter of Michael Jackson, has her request for a DNA paternity test thrown out by the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Los Angeles, California, USA.
On her Number Ones : Up Close And Personal tour, Janet Jackson plays the first of two nights at The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.Rare, unseen footage from a concert on Michael Jackson's Dangerous tour in 1993 fails to sell at an auction in The Fame Bureau auction house, London, UK. The only copy of the film, shot from the stage at a concert in Argentina, had been gifted to Jackson's chauffeur, who put it up for auction.
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