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1998 - It was reported that Michael Jackson and Don Barden looking for possible locations for a casino hotel with an amusement park.

1997 - Michael Jackson's single "Blood On The Dance Floor" hit #1 in the U.K.

1997 - Michael Jackson visited Marcel Avram in Munich's Stadelheim prison. Avram was being held on suspicion of tax evasion.

1971 - The Jackson 5 song "Mama's Pearl" hit #25 in the U.K.

2002 - At "A Night At The Apollo" Michael Jackson performed the songs "Black Or White", "Dangerous", and "Heal The World." The event was to raise money for the Democratic National Committee.

1996 - Michael Jackson's single "They Don't Care About Us" debuted at #4 in the U.K.

2002 - Michael Jackson performed "Dangerous" at the taping of the "American Bandstand 50th Anniversary" TV special. He performed the song a second time because he was not pleased with his performance.

1985 - An estimated 5,000 radio stations around the world simultaneously played the song "We Are the World."

1983 - Michael Jackson's "Beat It" short film premiered on MTV.

2004 - It was announced that Michael Jackson was promoting the idea of staging a concert tour in Africa to help raise money to fight AIDS. At the time a California court still had possession of his passport due to child molestation charges against him in that state. Jackson met with the members of the Congressional Black Caucus and was present at a new conference announcing his potential involvement in a tour of Africa.

1986 - More than 6,000 radio stations of all format varieties played "We are the World" simultaneously at 10:15 a.m. EST.

1999 - Michael Jackson announced that he would donate the proceeds from his next two concerts to the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund and the Red Cross.

2005 - One of Michael Jackson's attorneys, Brian Oxman, was hospitalized with pneumonia. He was taken out of the courtroom on a gurney during Jackson's child-molestation trial.