Michael Jackson Timeline

MICHAEL JACKSON'S TIMELINE

`29 Aug 1958`	Born Michael Joseph Jackson, Gary IN.
`1978`	Plays the Scarecrow in The Wiz.
`1983`	The Moonwalk first performed.
`1985`	Michael Jackson buys the publishing rights of over 100 Beatle songs to the tune of $47.5 million, outbidding the combined efforts of Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono. McCartney had recommeded to Jackson buying publishing rights as a wise business investment. McCartney has cursed Jackson (and probably himself) ever since.
`12 Sep 1986`	The film Captain EO, at a cost of $17M (one million dollars per minute), opens at Walt Disney World's EPCOT Center. Executive producer George Lucas, directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
`Jan 1988`	Autobiography, titled Moonwalk, released.
`Feb 1990`	Wins a Grammy award for Leave Me Alone, best video, short form.
`Nov 1991`	Video for Black or White released, wherein the King of Pop grabs his crotch, and smashes car windows. By this point in time the irony of the songtitle escapes no one; Jackson's skin is ghastly pallid, from skin lightening treatments.
`Mar 1993`	Boy Jordie Chandler "sleeping over" at Neverland on a frequent basis. Explains Jackson's former attorney, Bert Fields: "He never had a childhood. He is having one now. His buddies are 12-year-old kids. They have pillow fights and food fights."
`1994`	Civil case settled when boy Jordie Chandler is paid $20M.
`26 May 1994`	Married Elvis Presley's daughter, Lisa Marie Presley.
`1996`	Estimated income: $55M. Forbes
`1996`	"It's not just boys, and I've never invited just boys to come in my room. C'mon, that's just ridiculous... I have never invited anyone into my bed, ever. Children love me. I love them. They follow me. They want to be with me. But anybody can come in my bed. A child can come in my bed if they want." Prime Time Live.
`1996`	Father of boy Jordie Chandler files a civil suit for $60M claiming breach of contract, that Jackson discussed their case in public. The lawsuit is tossed in 1999.
`14 Nov 1996`	Married Debbie Rowe.
`13 Feb 1997`	Michael and Debbie's child, "Prince" Michael Joseph Jackson Jr., born.
`3 Apr 1998`	Paris Michael Katherine Jackson born, Spaulding Pain Medical Clinic, Beverly Hills.
`1998`	Steven Hoefflin performs nasal surgery on Michael Jackson. He now advises Jackson "against any further surgery."
`Sep 2001`	In a bizarre performance, Marlon Brando appears in sunglasses in a leather recliner onstage at Michael Jackson's 30th Anniversary Celebration in Madison Square Garden: "In any event while you're... wondering who that old fat fart is sitting there... I wanted you to realize that in that minute there were hundreds if not thousands of children hacked to death with a machete, beaten to death by their parents, got typhus and died of a disease." Brando examines his watch for a bit. "Hundreds of children have been hacked to death in the minute I've looked at my watch. Hundreds more were beaten. Don't chat! Think about what I'm saying. It could be you." Then the booing commences with great fervor.
`6 Jul 2002`	Accusing the music industry of cheating artists (a charge that is quite true), Jackson says of Tommy Mottola, head of Sony Music: "He's mean. He's a racist, and he's very, very, very devilish." On the same day, Jackson attended an anti-Sony rally in Manhattan. There, the crowd chanted "Down with Tommy Mottola".
`10 Jul 2002`	"Once I started breaking sales records -- I broke Elvis Presley's record, I broke The Beatles' record -- once I started doing that, overnight, they called me a freak, a homosexual, a child molester. They said I bleached my skin. They did everything they could to turn the public against me. It's a conspiracy." (AOL)
`29 Aug 2002`	Michael Jackson wins MTV's Artist of the Millennium award at the 2002 Video Music Awards. The only problem being, the award does not actually exist. His acceptance speech: "When I was a little boy in Indiana, if someone had told me that one day I'd be getting the Artist of the Millennium Award, I wouldn't have believed it." In reality, Britney Spears called Michael the "artist of the millennium" and handed the artist some kind of award-looking plaque thing. The confused Jackson put two and two together.
`19 Nov 2002`	Michael Jackson precariously dangles his child, Prince Michael Jackson II, outside a fourth-floor Adlon Hotel balcony window in Berlin. Video of this incident is seen everywhere, and nearly everyone found Jackson's behavior horrifying. The child has unknown parentage and an unknown birthdate, but is estimated to be six months old.
`4 Dec 2002`	Attempting to explain his lousy business acumen, Michael Jackson testifies in open court that "God blessed me with certain talents. I hate to use an analogy, but Walt Disney was creative but not good with business. His brother Roy handled the books."
`Jan 2003`	Sotheby's sues Michael Jackson after he renegs on a $1.3M bid on two paintings.
`6 Oct 2003`	Nobel authorities reveal the Michael Jackson has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
`16 Nov 2003`	In an interview with Louis Theroux, Michael Jackson's father Joe admits whipping the young Michael as a boy, making fine distinctions: "I whipped him with a switch and belt. I never beat him. You beat someone with a stick." Joe also asked that people stop referring to his son as Wacko. A magician, Majestik Magnificent, controls the interview with Joe and terminates it entirely, after Joe is asked whether Michael has a "boyfriend or girlfriend."
`18 Nov 2003`	Federal authorities raid Neverland over allegations made by a 12 year old boy (according to CourtTV reports.) Authorities issue arrest warrant for Jackson on multiple charges of child molestation.
`19 Nov 2003`	A press conference by the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department gives new details: $3M bail; Jackson asked to surrender passport; three search warrants were served in Socal; negotiations ongoing with regards to Jackson's surrender; warrants allege "criminal misconduct on the part of Michael Jackson", namely, sexual contact with a boy under the age of 14. At the end of the conference, the DA recommends parents not allow their children to stay overnight at Neverland.
`20 Nov 2003`	Michael Jackson surrenders to authorities in Santa Barbara and does the perp walk. Mugshot taken, released on $3M bond. Michael returns to Las Vegas but has trouble because too many people are following him. Brother Jermaine calls episode a "modern day lynching."