January : Michael records a demo version of “What More Can I Give”.
Michael records a demo of “People of the World”, a song for J-Friends, a recording group formed to raise funds for the education of children involved in the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995.
Michael records “We Be Ballin'” for a planned NBA compilation album; the album is ultimately cancelled due to the NBA lockout that year.
January 18 : Michael wins the copyright infringement case against Al Bano Carrisi for the song “Will You Be There”.
January 21 : Michael’s written “Children’s Holiday” song for J-Friends, a special unit of Japanese artists formed to raise funds for the education of children involved in the Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995, is released.
February 7 : Michael has dinner with Lisa Marie at the Ivvy Restaurant in L.A.
February 13 : Michael gives an interviews to Adrian Grant in Los Angeles for Grant’s “Making HIStory” book. Michael discusses Brazil where he made his video, ‘They Don’t Really Care About Us,’ Spike Lee, Money, You Are Not Alone, his favorite songs on History, Princess Diana, Elton John, Ghosts and JF Kennedy.
Michael & Omer host a party for Prince 1st birthday.
February 22 : Michael arrives in Seoul, South Korea. He stays in the presidential suite of the Shilla Hotel.
February 23 : Michael goes to Everland, the largest amusement park in the country, located in the city of Yongin, about fifty kilometers south of Seoul.
February 25 : Michael attends the investiture ceremony of President Kim Dae Jung in Seoul.
February 26 : Michael is received by Kim Dae-jung at the Blue House in Seoul. Michael is received in the Reception Room, in the main building, a large room intended for heads of state and distinguished guests.
February 27 : Michael flies back to L.A.
Late February : Unknowingly, Janet and Michael are staying at the same hotel in Los Angeles. Janet had to evacuate her Malibu home because of El Niño. Her chef Ricardo informs her that Michael is at the hotel. She goes up to his room. MJ introduces her to his son Prince, and the two siblings spend several hours together, which makes Janet late for a photo shoot. They hadn’t seen each other since December 1995…
March 3 : An order is entered by District Judge Carl J. Christensen at Clark County, Nevada dissolving the marriage between LaToya and Jack Gordon and awarding LaToya royalties and property.
March 5-10 : Michael goes to Vienna with Prince Michael Jr.
March 10-30 : Michael is in Munich with Prince to visit his friends Anton & Francesca and also Marcel Avram, his former concert promoter still in jail. He also takes Prince to the circus.
April : The Sun reports that Michael and Pavarotti had written a song together called, “All I Can Give” which they planned to release in October 1998 after a concert in South Korea. The song is believed to have been confused with the song Michael wrote called “What More Can I Give”.
April 3 : Debbie Rowe gives birth to Paris Michael Katherine Jackson, second child of Michael, at the Spalding Pain Medical Clinic of Beverly Hills. Michael attends the birth and then takes his baby girl to Neverland where Prince is waiting with Grace, Pia, Omer & Connie Cascio.
April 9 : A Los Angeles Superior Court jury awarded Michael Jackson $2.7 million in damages in a defamation-of-character suit against Victor Gutierrez of the Diane Dimond’s TV show ‘Hard Copy.
April 21 : Michael gives an interview to Laurent Hopman from in his hotel suite in Los Angeles.
May 7-9 : Michael goes to the Virgin Islands with Don Barden , his new business partner with whom he wants to build casinos.
May 14 : Michael speaks on today’s passing of Frank Sinatra.
May 15 : Michael holds a press conference in Beverly Hills to announce a series of benefit concerts for the World Peace Foundation For Children. The first concert will take place in Seoul on October 11 with Luciano Pavarotti and Elizabeth Taylor, and the funds will be intended for families and children affected by the floods that devastated North Korea in 1995. The concert is planned at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium (where the HIStory Tour concerts took place), but the star still hopes to perform in the demilitarized zone.
May 17 : Michael goes to Namibia with Don Barden. He pleads for children’s cause during the opening statement of the World Economic Forum Summit. Michael is invited to the State House, official residence of the Namibian President Sam Nujoma and he meets two presidents Theo-Ben Gurirab and Nangolo Mbumba.
May 18 : Michael & Don Barden visit an orphanage at the SOS Village in Komasdal outside Windhoek, Namibia.
May 19 : During the the Forum Summit, Michael has a private meeting with President Laurent Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Late May : Michael & Don Barden go to Las Vegas.
July 5 : Michael and Lisa Marie were spotted recently at the Ivy again according to The Boston Herald.
July 6 : Michael arrives in Detroit with Don Barden where he is welcomed by hundreds of fans!
July 7 : Michael & Don give a press conference in Detroit to announce a Casino project named Majestic Kingdom.
July 8 : Michael & Don give a secong press conference to support their project.
July 9 : Michael & Don go to New York to speak with potential financers.
July 10 : While in NYC, Michael & Don Barden give a short TV interview to Roz Abrams for Channel 7.
July 14 : Michael & Don go back to Namibia.
July 15 : Michael has a two hour long private meeting with the Namibien President.
July 17 : Michael & Don arrive in Mbabane, the capital of the Kingdom of Eswatini formerly and still commonly known in English as Swaziland) and they have a business meeting with Mswati III, the King of Swaziland.
July 18 : Michael & Don go to Joannesburg, South Africa.
July 19 : Michael attends the 80th birthday banquet and wedding reception of Nelson Mandela with Graca Machel. The wedding reception is combined with Nelson’s birthday party at the Gallagher Convention Centre. Michael is filmed holding the hand of Nina Simone while Stevie Wonder sings Happy birthday to Nelson Mandela.
While in South Africa, Michael visits Sun City
July 24 : Michael arrives in Chiba, Japan.
July 25 : Michael attends the Kick Boxing Champion All-Star Match in Tokyo, Japan. He is presented with a Kimono with a black belt and was honored with the “President of the International Karate-club” title.
July 28 : Michael holds a press conference in Tokyo to announce the creation of a new company, Michael Jackson Japan Co. Ltd. The company is intended to build theme parks and sell toys throughout the world. Later, Michael visits Sega’s Joypolis to enjoy games and rides.
August 3 : Michael arrives in Detroit, Michigan early in the afternoon to urge city residents to vote for his Majestic Kingdom entertainment complex project with Don Barden.
August 4 : Michael and Stevie Wonder visit the Motown Museum in Detroit with Berry Gordy’s sister Ester Edwards. As they leave the Museum, it is announced that the project has been rejected, receiving only 44 % of the votes against the 56 % obtained by the Mayor of Detroit. They go back to California.
August 22 : Michael visits the Three Stooges Convention at the “Burbank Airport Hilton Hotel and Convention Center” with TJ & Taryll, purchasing some memorabilia and watching his group participate in a pie fight.
August 25-26 : Michael starts recording news songs such as “A Place With No Name”, “Break Of Dawn” and “Blue Gangsta” at the Record Plant Studio in L.A with producer Elliot Straite aka Dr Freeze and sound engineer Michael Prince. Michael is also working on song ideas with 3T for their upcoming album.
August 29 : Janet gives a concert at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Michael spends his 40th birthday with Taj & Taryll and they attend Janet’s concert together with Lisa Marie Presley as well. LaToya also attends the concert but doesn’t get to see Michael.
September 8 : Michael records his lead vocals on “A Place With No Name” at Record Plant Studio in LA.
September 15 : Janet gives a concert at the Orlando Arena in Orlando. Michael attends the show with Lisa Marie and her children Riley & Ben.
September 24 + 25 : Michael & Don Barden attend the World Gaming congress & Expo in Las Vegas.
October 16 : Michael records additional lead vocals on ” A Place With No Name’ at the Record One Studio with Dr Freeze. He also starts working with Brad Buxer and Michael Prince on the songs “Speechless” and “The Lost Children”.
October 29 : Michael & Debbie go to the Getty museum in Los Angeles with Prince & Paris
November 10 : Michael arrives in Johannesburg, South Africa, with his kids as well as Lisa Marie & her kids. They stay in Sun City, a luxury resort and casino, situated in the North West Province of South Africa, located between the Elands River and the Pilanesberg, about 140 km northwest of Johannesburg.
November 16 : Michael visits Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, in Southern Africa. While in Town, he meets the presidential couple Robert et Grace Mugabe.
November 17 : Michael goes back to Sun City where he visits the Cohen Family.
November 19 : The return to Johannesburg is made by private jet. Roslyn Cohen explains: “[The photo as we got off the plane] is one of my favorite pictures with Michael. He didn’t want to take the two-hour drive between Sun City and Johannesburg, so he flew all of us back by jet. It was my first time on a jet!”
November 20 : Michael spends Shabbat with the Cohen Family.
November 21 : Janet gives a concert at the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. Michael & Lisa Maria attend the show.
November 25 : Back in Los Angeles, Michael spend Thanksgiving at Hayvenhurst with the Jackson family + Lisa Marie & her kids. The whole family attends except LaToya who stays in Vegas and Janet (on tour).
December 10 : Michael & Debbie attend a dinner in honour of Dr Arnold Klein. It’s their last public appearance together.
December 12 : Michael attends the Grand Opening of Royal Towers of Atlantis resort in with his friend Gerry Inzerillo. He goes on stage to perform a bit of “Heal The World” with a group of children. Michael also poses for pictures with actor Leonardo DiCaprio.
Mid December : Michael goes to the Hit Factory in New York where he meets Teddy Riley, Janet and Lisa Marie.
December 20 : Michael takes Prince & Paris to visit the Hilton family in New York.
December 24/25 : Michael celebrates Christmas at Neverland with Prince, Paris, the Cascios & the Bhattis.
December 31 : Michael and the kids spend New Year’s eve on a private yatch near Capri, an island located in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Sorrento Peninsula, on the south side of the Gulf of Naples in the Campania region of Italy.
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