Michael Jackson Timeline Biography | Twoop
Sister Janet Jackson is born.
1967
Around this time Jackson begins hiding spiders in his older sister LaToya’s bed.
1968
The Jackson 5 sign a contract with Motown records.
1969
The Jackson 5 has their first hit single “Want You Back.” The debut single sells well over two million copies.
dec. 14, 1969
They perform “I Want You Back” on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Dec. 8, 1969
Jackson 5 release their debut album Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5.
Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5
May 8, 1970
Jackson 5 release the album ABC.
ABC
They release their third album entitled Third Album.
Third Album
Michael releases his first solo single “Got To Be There.”
April 12, 1971
Jackson 5 release Maybe Tomorrow.
Maybe Tomorrow
Sept 16, 1971
A Jackson 5 tv special airs on ABC called Goin’ Back to Indiana. The show features Diana Ross, Bill Cosby, Tommy Smothers, Bobby Darin, Rosey Grier, Ben Davidson, and basketball stars Bill Russell, Elgin Baylor, and Elvin Hayes.
Sept 29, 1971
Jackson 5 release Goin’ Back to Indiana, the soundtrack from the tv special.  The album sells 2.6 million copies worldwide.
Goin Back to Indiana
Jackson 5 releases Greatest Hits.
Greatest Hits
Michael Jackson releases his debut album Got To Be There.
Got To Be There
Feb. 1972
Michael gets his first U.S. #1 solo hit with “Ben,” a song from the movie Ben, which is the sequel to the 1971 movie Willard. The song spends a week at the top of the U.S. charts and it is the #20 song for 1972.
May 17, 1972
Jackson 5 releases Lookin’ Through the Windows.
Lookin’ Through the Windows
Michael Jackson releases his second solo album, Ben.
Ben
March 27, 1973
Michael performs “Ben” at the Academy Awards.  The song is nominaded for Best Original Song but loses to “The Morning After” from The Poseidon Adventure.
April 13, 1973
Michael Jackson releases his third solo album Music & Me.
Music & Me
Jackson 5 releases Getting It Together.
Getting It Together
Jackson 5 releases Dancing Machine.
Dancing Machine
Michael Jackson releases his fourth solo album Forever, Michael.
Forever, Michael
Jackson 5 releases Moving Violation.
Moving Violation
The Jackson 5 change their name to The Jacksons and get their own TV show.
1978
Has movie debut as a scarecrow in The Wiz, an all-black remake of The Wizard of Oz. It co-stars Diana Ross, Lena Horne, Nipsey Russell and Richard Pryor.
Aug. 25, 1979
His album Off the Wall, produced by Quincy Jones, launches him to superstar standing. It sells over nineteen million copies worldwide.
Off the Wall
Wins a Grammy for Best Vocal Performance with “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough.”
1981
He wins two American Music Awards – Favorite Soul/R&B Album and Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist.
March 31, 1981
He meets Brooke Shields at the Academy Awards and the two begin a relationship.
Michael Jackson and Brooke Shields
Dec. 1, 1982
Releases Thriller which sells over 50 million copies worldwide and solidifies him as the King of Pop. It remains today the best selling album of all time.
Thriller
May 16, 1983
Performs “Billy Jean” at the Motown 25 Yesterday, Today, Forever Special and does the moonwalk for the first time. This will become his signature move.
November 1983
Michael and his brothers sign a $5 million partnership with Pepsi that is more than any other celebrity endorsement deal in history.
Jan. 27, 1984
During the filming of the Pepsi commercial at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, his hair catches fire. He sustains second degree burns to his scalp.
Feb. 28, 1984
At the Grammy Awards, Michael and his producer Quincy Jones win record of the year for “Beat It” and Album of the Year for Thriller.
Late 1984
He reportedly gets his third nose job.
Nov. 20, 1984
Gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1985
Co-writes “We Are the World” with Lionel Richie. The same year, he has another nose job and has permanent eyeliner tattooed above his eyes.
1985
He buys all of the rights to The Beatles catalog.
1986
Stars in Francis Ford Coppola’s Captain EO.
Sept. 1986
Photos of him in a hyperbaric chamber are published in the National Enquirer. Jackson later says it’s part of his plan to extend his life beyond its “natural span.”
1987
He reportedly tries to buy the “Elephant Man”s (John Merrick) skeleton for a reported one million dollars.
Mid 1987
He gets another nose job and all of a sudden has deep cheekbones and his skin has turned white.
Aug. 31, 1987
He releases the album Bad which sells over eight million copies.
Bad
Moves to the Neverland Valley Ranch in California’s Santa Ynez Valley.
1988
Gets surgery done to put a cleft into his chin.
1990
Begins to wear a surgical mask in public.
March 25, 1991
He arrives at the Academy Awards with Madonna on his arm, sparking a media feeding frenzy.
Nov. 26, 1991
Dangerous
Mid 1991
Cruises the Caribbean with eleven-year-old actor Macaulay Culkin.  Culkin would later say that Michael befriended him after seeing him in Home Alone and wanted to mentor him because he knew what it was like to be a child star.
Early 1992
Founded “Heal the World Foundation”, an organization that will help improve the lives of children everywhere.
1992
Invites Oprah Winfrey to his Neverland ranch. He proceeds to tell her he has the skin disorder, vitiligo, and this is why his skin complexion has changed so much. Tells her of the abuse he had to endure at his father’s hand and also denies the Elephant Man skeleton story.
Late 1992
A West African village located in Gabon, Ivory Coast crowns him ‘King Sani.’
1993
A lawsuit is filed against him accusing him of seducing and abusing thirteen-year-old Jordy Chandler.
Dec. 1993
Makes a TV appearance saying he is innocent of the child molestation charges.
1994
Settles lawsuit by paying the plaintiff twenty million dollars. The Los Angeles and Santa Barbara district attorneys do not file child-molestation charges against him.
May 26, 1994
Marries Lisa Marie Presley at a private ceremony in the Dominican Republic.
Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley
1995
Releases the album HIStory Past, Present, Future Book 1.
HIStory Past, Present, Future Book 1
Jan. 1996
He and Lisa Marie separate.
March 1996
He impregnates his dermatologist’s dermatologist’s secretary, Debbie Rowe. She miscarries.
Aug. 1996
He and Lisa Marie divorce.  However, the couple continues to date on and off for four years after their divorce.
Mid 1996
While he performs “Earth Song” at the UK Brit awards, and is surrounded by a choir of children, Pulp lead singer Jarvis Cocker storms the stage to protest Jackson portraying Jesus Christ. Jackson is not amused and says he is “sickened, saddened, shocked, upset, cheated and angry.”
Nov. 13, 1996
Marries Debbie Rowe in Sydney, Australia.
Michael Jackson and Debbie Rowe
1997
Releases Blood On the Dance Floor.
Blood On the Dance Floor
Feb. 13, 1997
Rowe has a baby boy, Prince Michael Joseph, Junior. His godparents are Elizabeth Taylor and Macaulay Culkin.
April 3, 1998
Rowe gives birth to Paris Michael Katherine. Macaulay Culkin is the godfather.
Oct. 8, 1999
He and Debbie Rowe divorce.  She gives him full custody of their two children.
Oct. 30, 2001
Releases the album Invincible which sells over eight million copies worldwide.
Invincible
He is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
July 2002
Calls Sony chairman Tommy Mottola a racist and “devilish.”
2002
Prince Michael II is born. The identity of the mother is never released.
Nov. 19, 2002
Dangles his newborn son, Prince Michael II, from a Berlin hotel balcony, four stories high.
Nov. 20, 2003
He is taken into custody by the Santa Barbara County Sherriff’s Department on charges of child molestation. He posts a three million dollar bail.
Jan. 16, 2004
Pleads not guilty to child molestation charges.
Feb. 27, 2004
Wearing a black ski mask, Jackson shops at Wal-Mart. Finding him very suspicous, Wal-Mart calls the police. Not long after, the police pull him over. Nothing comes of it because he is simply vacationing near Aspen, Colorado so his children can see snow.
April 30, 2004
Pleads not guilty after grand jury indictment.
July 2004
Asks Nicole Kidman to go with him to the MTV Music Awards. She turns him down.
Jan. 31, 2005
The People vs. Jackson trial begins jury selection.
Feb. 28, 2005
Prosecution opens its case with accusations that Jackson used wine and pornography to seduce the 13-year-old boy. The defense counters that no DNA from the accuser has been found in Jackson’s bedroom.
March 10, 2005
Jackson fails to appear in court and the judge threatens to issue an arrest for him. Jackson’s lawyer tracks him down at a hospital where he has been admitted for back problems. The judge gives him one hour to appear. He does, and the trial continues.
May 12. 2005
Actor Macaulay Culkin testifies and says Jackson never touched him sexually in any way, and that yes, he did sleep in Jackson’s bed, but that was only because he happened to fall asleep there.
June 13, 2005
The jury finds Jackson not guilty.
March 2007
In an interview with the Associated Press in Tokyo, he says: “I’ve been in the entertainment industry since I was 6 years old, and as Charles Dickens would say, ‘It’s been the best of times, the worst of times.’ But I would not change my career … While some have made deliberate attempts to hurt me, I take it in stride because I have a loving family, a strong faith and wonderful friends and fans who have, and continue, to support me.”
Feb. 8, 2008
He releases Thriller 25 to mark the 25th anniversary of Thriller. It features a previously unreleased song, “For All Time,” as well as remixes with younger artists such as will.i.am and Akon.
Thriller 25
June 25, 2009
He dies of cardiac arrest due to acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication.  The Los Angeles County Coroner rules his death a homicide.  His personal physician Conrad Murray is convicted of involuntary manslaughter.
July 7, 2009
A public memorial service is held at the Staples Center in L.A.
2010
Sony Music Entertainment signs a $250 million deal with Michael Jackson’s estate to retain distribution rights to his recordings until 2017.  The deal also allows them to release seven albums in the decade following his death.
Sept. 27, 2011
Conrad Murray’s trial begins in Los Angeles.
Nov. 7, 2011
Murray is found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.
Nov. 29, 2011
Judge Michael Pastor sentences Murray to four years in prison.
Handcuffs are placed on Dr Conrad Murray after the verdict
May 16, 2013
Choreographer Wade Robson alleges on The Today Show that Jackson performed sexual acts on him for seven years beginning when Robson was seven years old.  Robson previously testified in defense of Jackson at his 2005 trial.  The attorney for Jackson’s estate calls these claims “outrageous and pathetic.”
Oct. 28, 2013
Conrad Murray is released after two years due to good behavior and prison overcrowding.
Feb. 2014
The IRS says that Jackson’s estate owes them $702 million, including $197 million in penalties.
May 12, 2014
Jimmy Safechuck sues the Jackson estate, claiming the Michael sexually abused him in the 1980s. Safechuck appeared in a Pepsi ad with Michael in 1987.
May 13, 2014
Epic Records releases an album of unreleased material, Xscape.
During the 2014 Billboard Music Awards on May 18, a “Pepper’s ghost” likeness of Jackson appeared, dancing to “Slave to the Rhythm”, a song from his second posthumously released album, Xscape.[337]
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