29 AUGUST 1958 Michael Joseph Jackson is born to Joseph and Katherine in Gary, Indiana, US
1963 Michael joins Tito, Jackie, Jermaine and Marlon in the Jackson Five
JUL1968 The Jackson Five audition for Moto\\n Records, changing their name to The Jackson 5 once signed
JAN 1970 Releases debut Jackson 5 single,T Want You Back
JAN 1972 Releases debut solo album,Got To Be There
AUG 1979 Releases DjfThe Wall, selling 20m copies worldwide
NOV 1982 Releases Thriller. Becomes the biggestselling album of all time with up to 100 million copies sold
MAR 1983 Performs his signature move, the Moollwalk, for the first time FEB 1984 Thriller wins eight Crammy Awards
JAN 1984 Suffers seriolls burns to his scalp while filming an advert for Pepsi
NOV 1984 Receives a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame
MAR 1985 Releases We Are The World, a charity single co-written with Lionel Richie
AUG 1987 Releases Bad, selling 30m copies worldwide
MAY 1988 Moves into the Neverland ranch
NOV 1991 Releases Dangerous album, selling 32m copies worldwide
FEB 1993 Appears on Oprah, telling her he suffers from skin condition vitiligo and that his father beat him as a child
MAY 1994 Marries Lisa Marie Presley JUN1995 Releases HISlory, selling 20m copies worldwide
JAN 1996 Divorces Lisa Marie SEPT 1996 Launches his final tour, HIStory World Tour in Prague
NOV 1996 Marries Debbie Rowe
FEB 1997 Debbie gives birth to son Prince Michael Jackson Jnr
MAY 1997 Releases Blood On The Dance Floor, selling Sm copies
APR 1998 Debbie gives birth to daughter Paris Michael
OCT 1999 Divorces Debbie. Michael gets full custody of their children
MAR 2001 Inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame as a solo artist, four years after the Jackson S were inducted
SEPT 2001 Performs two 30th anniversary shows in New York, with a third show United We Sland: Whal More Call I Give? a benefit in the wake of9/11
OCT 2001 Releases final studio album Invincible, selling 8 million copies worldwide
2002 Michael's second son, Prince Michael IT (aka Blanket), is born to an unnamed woman
NOV 2002 Causes outcry when he dangles Blanket out of a third-floor hotel window
FEB 2003 The Martin Bashir documentary Lil'illg With Michael is broadcast 011 TV
NOV 2003 Releases Number Ones, selling 7m copies worldwide
SEPT 2006 Settles a lawsuit filed by Debbie Rowe and retains full custody of kids while she receives a cash sum
MAR 2009 Announces he will be performing a series of This Is 11 gigs at the 02 arena later in the summer, saying they will be the last ofhis career. Some are postponed two months later
25 JUNE 2009 It is confirmed that Michael has died after suffering cardiac arrest at his home in Los Angeles
Michael... I love you more, still in my heart forever.
