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Michael Jackson

American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)

11 dated entries naming Michael Jackson, drawn from 8 separate years between 1958 CE and 2009 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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20th century

  • 1958August 29 – Michael Jackson, African-American singer-songwriter and dancer (died 2009)source
  • 1979August 10 – Michael Jackson releases his breakthrough album Off the Wall. It sells 7 million copies in the United States alone, making it a 7× platinum album.source
  • 1982November 29 – Michael Jackson releases his sixth studio album, Thriller, in the United States, which will go on to be the best-selling album of all time.source
  • 1983May 16 – Michael Jackson performs the Moonwalk for the first time while performing "Billie Jean" on the Motown 25 television special.source
  • 1983December 2 – Michael Jackson's music video for "Thriller" is broadcast for the first time. It becomes the most often repeated and famous music video of all time, increasing his own popularity and record sales of the album Thriller.source
  • 1987August 31 – Michael Jackson releases Bad, his first studio album since Thriller, the best-selling album of all time. The album would produce five number one singles in the US, a record which has not been broken.source
  • 1991November 26 – Michael Jackson releases Dangerous, selling 5 million copies in the first week.source
  • 1993July 15 – 1993 child sexual abuse accusations against Michael Jackson: Evan Chandler institutes legal accusations against singer Michael Jackson of sexually molesting Jordan Chandler, Evan's 13-year-old son.source

21st century

  • 2009March 5 - Michael Jackson announces his This Is It concert residency in London, England. However, a fortnight before the concerts were supposed to begin, Jackson died at the age of 50 from acute propofol intoxication.source
  • 2009June 25 – The death of American pop star Michael Jackson triggers an outpouring of worldwide grief. Online, reactions to the event cripple several major websites and services, as the abundance of people accessing the web addresses pushes internet traffic to unprecedented and historic levels.source
  • 2009June 25 – Michael Jackson, 50, American Hall of Fame singer ("Thriller", "Billie Jean", "Smooth Criminal") and dancer, nine-time Grammy winner, acute propofol intoxication.source

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