Michael launches his own company MJJ PRODUCTIONS with Bill Bray & Miko Brando as first full time employees.
Janet & Latoya make a photoshoot together at Hayvenhurst.
January 10 : Michael visits the burn center at Brotman Memorial Center Hospital in Culver City. Michael meets Keith Perry, a 23-year-old young man whose body was burned over 95% following a car accident.
January 16 : Michael, Janet & LaToya attend the American Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles with Brooke Schields and Emmanuel Lewis.
MJ wins an unprecedented eight awards including the special award of Merit presented by Diana Ross. The ceremony is watched by over sixty millions people.
January 23 : “Thriller”, the seventh and last single from the album is released by Epic. It will peak at #4 on Hot 100 Billboard.
“Thriller” becomes the first album with 7 Top 10 singles on Billboard.
January 24 + 25 : Michael & The Jacksons shoot a Pepsi commercial named “Street” directed by Bob Giraldi and featuring the group dancing in the street with a bunch of kids (including Alfonso Ribeiro & Siggy Jackson) on a Pepsi version of Billie Jean.
January 26 : “Somebody’s Watching Me” by Rockwell Gordy featuring Michael on the title track is released by Motown.
January 27 : It is announced that Jackie Onassis will publish Michael’s autobiography.
Michael poses for pictures during a photoshoot with Michael Leshnov at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles where The Jacksons filming of a second Pepsi commercial named “Concert” and directed by Bob Giraldi.
Later, a pyrotechnic failure causes an accident. Michael suffers second and third degree scalp burns. He is saved by Miko Brando and is rushed to to Cedar Sinai Medical Center where his arrival causes a media frenzy. All the Jackson family joins him at the hospital. Later that night, Michael is moved to Brotman Memorial Hospital for treatment at the burn center.
January 28 : Suffering from second- and third-degree burns, Michael calls Dr. Steven Hoefflin to his bedside. The doctor’s verdict comes quickly: “Partial baldness is to be feared. After a few days, or even a few weeks, depending on the depth of the injuries, Michael will undergo reconstructive surgery. Michael is released from the hospital and goes to Emmanuel Lewis’s home to recover from the accident. But before leaving the hospital, Michael visited patients in the ward. He once again visits Bessie Henderson and Keith Perry, who had just undergone his fourteenth operation.
February : Janet & LaToya are on the cover of Right On! magazine.
February 1 : Michael receives an official letter from US President Reagan wishing him a speedy recovery.
February 5 : Michael makes his first public appearance since his burn injury when he visits the Los Angeles zoo with Emmanuel Lewis.
February 6 : Michael & Emmanuel Lewis are on the cover of Jet magazine.
Michael arrives in NYC with Janet and they check in the Hemsley Palace.
Michael befriends Dominic Cascio, a banquet manager at the Hemsley Palace Hotel. Dominic introduces Michael to his wife Connie and children Frank (5) and Eddie (3). Later Michael visits the Cascios at their family home in Hawthorne, New Jersey.
February 7 : Michael goes to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Natural History to receive awards from CBS & The Guineess Book Of World Records to celebrates Thriller as the largest-selling album of all time (25 millions at the time) Among the many guest are Michael’s date for the evening Brooke Schields, Andy Warhol & the whole Jackson family (including LaToya, Rebbie & Janet).
February 8 : Michael attends the Tap Dance Kid musical at the Broadhurst Theatre in NYC with Sean Lennon.
February 9 : Michael is photographed leaving Hemsley Palace in NYC sporting the Thriller videos varsity jacket, and the Billie Jean fedora.
At night, Michael attends the premiere of The Rink (musical) at the Martin Beck Theater on Broadway and he poses for pictures with Liza Minnelli only moments before she goes in stage.
February 10 : Michael and Yul Brynner pose for pictures at the Studio 54 in NYC.
February 18 : Michael and Emmanuel Lewis have dinner at The Golden Temple, a vegetarian restaurant in Los Angeles. Michael poses for pictures with 8 months old baby Elijah, son of David Wallechinsky.
February 26 : Katherine, LaToya, Janet & Michael attend the premiere of Pepsi’s Jacksons commercial at a black-tie event for 1000 bottlers at New York City’s Lincoln Center. Michael gets on stage with Alfonso Ribeiro who also appeared on the commercials. They dance together for a few seconds.
Janet appears in Diff’rent Strokes episode titled “The Wedding Part 2”
February 27 : Michael & Brooke Schields are on the cover of Jet magazine
The Pepsi commercials are previewed on MTV.
Michael flies back to L.A.
February 28 : In the company of Brooke Schields & Emmanuel Lewis, Michael attends the Grammy Awards ceremony broadcast live from the Shrine Auditorium of Los Angeles. He wins an unprecedented 8 awards. On stage he shares his triumph with producer Quincy Jones and even invites his sisters Janet, LaToya & Rebbie to joins him. The Jacksons Pepsi commercials are aired during the telecast and become the most popular ads ever!
During the night, a businessman called Jack Gordon introduces himself to the family. Soon after, Gordon shows interet to LaToya and to get closer to her je befriends Joe & Katherine.
February 29 : At the first annual Black Gold Awards, produced by Dick Clark, Michael is presented four awards. He does not attend the ceremony but accepts them in a pre recorded video taped at Hayvenhurst. Janet is presented with the hottest female newcomer of the year award at the Black Gold Awards in Los Angeles (with a video congratulations from Michael).
March : Michael is on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
“Eat It”, a parody of ‘Beat It’ by “Weird Al” Yankovic is released.
March 5 : Latoya attends the 2nd Annual American Video Awards Nominees Announcement at Kathy Gallagher’s Restaurant in Los Angeles,
March 19 : Michael is on the cover of TIME magazine with a nine page article. The cover was made by Andy Warhol.
March 20 : Michael hires Frank Dileo, Vice President of Promotions at Epic as his new manager.
March 23 : Michael appears on the cover of Jet magazine.
March 29 : The Jackson family selects Frank Russo to run the Victory Tour in association with Danny’O Donovan.
April : Jermaine Jackson’s first album for Arista contains a new duet with Michael titled “Tell Me I’m Not Dreamin” but Epic does not give permission to Arista to release it as a single.
Michael undergoes his third plastic surgery on his nose.
April 2 : Michael visits Disneyland in Anaheim, California and poses for pictures with Mickey & Minnie.
April 5 : LaToya attends the 2nd Annual American Video Awards.
April 9 : David Smithee, a terminally ill child is invited to visit Michael at the Encino family house thanks to the Make A Wish Foundation.
Liza Minnelli accompanies Michael to Swifty Lazar’s Oscar Night Party but after a short stay, they go on to visit Liza’s father director Vincente Minnelli.
April 13 : Quincy Jones introduces Franck Sinatra to Michael during the recording session of “L.A. Is My Lady”.
April 14 : Michael attends the “TJ Martell Foundation Annual Gala” which serves to raise funds for research & innovative treatments in the fight against leukemia, cancer and AIDS. Michael presents Tony Martell with a check for $500,000 for the Foundation.
April 16 : The rehearsals for the Jacksons ’ Victory Tour begins at the Zoetrope Studios, owned by Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas and located at 1040 North Las Palmas Avenue in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles.
April 17 : Michael undergoes reconstructive scalp surgery at Brotman Memorial Hospital. Plastic surgeon Dr. Steven Hoefflin performs revolutionary laser surgery on Michael to repair damage he suffered to his scalp during the filming of a Pepsi commercial. After surgery, Dr. Hoefflin said : “Michael is doing very well, we covered the damaged area with his own hair and any implant has been required. Now he needs to rest and the operation will help him. Michael poses for pictures with the medical team.
April 24 : LaToya is a guest on Good Morning America with Barbara Walters.
April 27 : At Hayvenhurst, Snow White and the seven dwarfs visit Michael. They pose for pictures and film a video together. During one of his visits to Disneyland, Michael noticed a series of small statues of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs that had been created for the Emporium store on Main Street, U.S.A., and he expressed a desire to acquire them. Typically, Disneyland did not sell these statues, but they made an exception for Michael Jackson. Before shipping them to the singer’s residence, Disneyland added a beautiful display case with a wooden base to showcase the precious figurines. They also decided to turn the delivery into a special event, arranging for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs themselves to personally deliver the set to MJ.
May : Michael is on the cover of Ebony magazine.
Motown releases the album “Farewell My Summer Love” a collection of old material from Michael’s solo studio sessions at Motown.
Frank Russo files a $20 millions lawsuit against the Jacksons for going back on their verbal agreement to make him manager of the Victory Tour.
May 04 : Janet appears in Diff’rent Strokes episode titled “The Houseguest”.
May 05 : Michael hosts a surprise party to honour Katherine at the Bistro Garden in Beverly Hills. All the family attends the dinner including Katherine’s father Prince Scruse. Pianist Floyd Cramer flies from Nashville to sing for Katherine. Michael, accompanied by country star Floyd Cramer sings to Katherine the Kris Kristofferson country song “For the Good Times” and offers her a Rolls Royce! The whole event is videotaped. In her 1990 memoirs, Katherine wrote : “When we walked into one of the restaurant’s private rooms, I was astonished to see the whole family there — even my father, whom the children had secretly flown in from Indiana. ‘Surprise!’ they shouted, as tears streamed down my face. The children had even hired Floyd Cramer, one of my favorite Country Western artists (who came straight from Nashville), to play the music.”
May 08 : Michael attends a performance of “Cats” musical at Winter Garden Theatre in Broadway, New York.
Later that week, Michael attends a performance of “Oliver” at Mark Hellinger Theatre in NYC. Backstage, he poses for pictures with the cast including Patti Lupone.
During this same week, Michael & Mick Jagger record the song “State Of Shock” at the A&R Recording in NYC.
May 11 : Michael attends a Kool and The Gang concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York City accompanied by Tatum O’Neal heavily disguised in a beard and afro wig!
May 12 : Michael visits Shirley MacLaine backstage after her Broadway performance in Playbill “Shirley MacLaine on Broadway” at the George Gershwin Theatre in New York.
May 14 : President Reagan presents a Special Achievement Award to Michael in a garden ceremony at the White House in Washington D.C. Michael attends the presentation with Frank Dileo, John Branca and publicist Noman Winter.
Mid-May : Michael attends his first full-band, pre-tour rehearsal at the Zoetrope Studios in Los Angeles.
May 21 : The Jacksons are on the cover of Jet magazine.
May 24 : LaToya is a guest on American Bandstand’s Dance Contest”.
May 28 : Janet & LaToya appear on the cover of Jet magazine.
June : Janet graduates from high school and decides not to go to College.
Michael meets with other supporters of Camp Good Times in Malibu such as OJ Simpson, Dustin Hoffman, David Soul, Neil Diamond & Richard Chamberlain.
June 2 : Michael, with Jane Fonda, goes to her Laurel Springs Camp for underprivileged children in Santa Barbara to unveil “The Michael Jackson Children’s Theatre.”
June 5 : The Victory Tour contract is signed by Don King, Chuck Sullivan and Joe & Katherine Jackson.
June 9 : Michael attends the unveiling of a wax statue of himself at The Guinness Museum of World Records in San Francisco.
June 18 : “State Of Shock”, the first single from the “Victory” album, a duet between Michael & Mick Jagger, is released. It’s an instant success even though no video is shot for the song. It will peak at #3 on Hot 100 Billboard.
June 21 : It is announced that Jackie will not be able to tour due to emergency knee surgery. When Enid found out that Jackie cheated on her with Paula Abdul, she drove over him which caused a knee injury…
June 26 : Michael and his brothers arrive in Birmingham for secret pre-tour rehearsals. They rehearse here from June 27 to July 04.
June 30 : LaToya and Howard Hewett sing “Heart Don’t Lie.” LaToya sings “Bet’cha Gonna Need My Lovin’ on American Bandstand.
July : Janet joins the cast of musical TV show “Fame” on NBC. She plays the part of Cleo Hewitt. She also starts recording a second album for A&M.
LaToya’s 3rd studio album titled “Heart Don’t Lie” is released by Epic Records.
July 1 : The Jackson have a full dress rehearsal of the “Victory” show at BJCC Colisuem in Birmingham.
July 2 : The album “Victory” is released by Epic. For the first time, the 6 brothers are reunited with the return of Jermaine. It will peak at #4 on Billboard 200.
July 5 : On the eve of Victory’s Tour first concert and after a controversy over the selling of tickets, Michael holds a major press conference in Kansas City with his brothers to announce a change in the tour’s organisation. He announces hat the whole of his share of the proceeds from the Victory Tour will be donated to charity.
July 6+7+8 : The Jacksons kick off the Victory Tour at the arrowhead stadium in in Kansas City (Missouri)
The whole Jackson family + Reverend Jesses Jackson attend the concerts.
July 13 : First concert at the Texas Stadium in Irving, (Dallas county) attended by Prince & Emmanuel Lewis among others. Eddie Van Halen joins Michael on stage to play his solo guitar on Beat It.
July 14 : Second concert at the Texas Stadium in Irving, (Dallas county).
July 15 : Third concert at the Texas Stadium in Irving, (Dallas county).
July 16 : Michael is on the cover of Newsweek.
July 16-19 : Mark Bego’s 1984 book On The Road With Michael: “Fans hounded Anatole’s hotel in Dallas so much that Michael took off and spent three days with his friend—former child star Spanky McFarland of the original “Our Gang” movies.” MJ stays for three days at his country home outside Dallas.
July 20 : Publicity of the Michael Jackson doll begins.
From Mark Bego’s book “On The Road With Michael, 1984 :
“On Friday night, July 20, I received a phone call from Jay Moore from radio station WIVY, whom I had met that morning. According to Jay, two friends of his who own bookstores in the San Marco area of Jacksonville, stores which specialize in rare and out-of-print books and magazines, had each had a very interesting visitor—a young black man with an obviously false mustache, a baggy gray suit, dark glasses, and a dark hat pulled down over his eyes. The mysterious young man was accompanied by two burly football linebacker-sized bodyguards, and in a soft voice asked to be shown where the children’s and religious books were located. Need I say more? It was naturally none other than Michael Jackson himself, out on another one of his famous incognito shopping sprees.
On Saturday afternoon Jay took me over to meet both store owners. According to Mike Blauer of the San Marco Book Store, he had his suspicions about the identity of his oddly dressed customer, which were confirmed after he spoke to him. Said Blauer, “After about ten minutes of us just wondering out loud, I walked up to his two assistants, just like I do to other customers, and I just said, ‘Are there any particular books I can help you find?’ and I turned the corner and Jackson was standing looking at my various books on plays. I said, ‘Can I help you with any books?” He said [Blauer used a high pitched voice], ‘Oh, no thank you, I’m just looking.’” After Blauer heard the familiar voice, he knew for sure that it was the real Michael Jackson. According to Blauer, the bodyguards stuck very close to Jackson the entire, time he was in the store. Michael spent part of his time sitting cross-legged on the floor, browsing through a couple of art books. Michael and his bodyguards then went next door to an interior decorating store, and it seems that Michael was most amused by a framed, autographed picture of his friend Brooke Shields that hung in the shop.
After the visit to the bookstore, Mike Blauer located a first-edition copy of the play Peter Pan and sent it over to the hotel where the Jackson crew was staying, with a note which said, “Is this what you were looking for?” Blauer never heard back from Jackson and was left with nothing more than an amusing story to tell his customers.”
July 21+22+23 : Concerts at the Gator Bowl stadium in Jacksonville.
July 23 : Janet appears on the cover of Jet Magazine.
July 29+30+31 : Concerts at the Giants stadium in East Rutherford (New Jersey) attended by Katherine, Janet, Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, Dominic, Connie, Frank & Eddie Cascio among others.
August 1 : At Hemsley Palace in NY, MJ is presented with a T-shirt and a plaque from Rev. Al Sharpton,president of the National Youth Movement (NYM), stating that needy children and minorities contributed to the success of the Victory Tour.
August 4 : Michael welcomes several guests at his suite at the Statler Hilton (aka Pennsylvania Hotel) in New York City. Among the guests are Andy Warhol, Keith Harring Sean Lennon, Susan Blond and Rosanna Arquette
Concert at the Madison Square Garden in New York City attended by many celebrities such as Madonna Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Mayor Koch, Cyndi Lauper, Brooke Schields, Bette Midler or Emmanuel Lewis. Michael meets Madonna after the show and they pose for a picture together.
During his stay in New York , Michael has dinner with Katherine Hepburn at her city townhouse.
August 5 : Second concert at the Madison Square Garden in New York City. Janet attends the concert.
August 10 : First concert at the Neyland Stadium in Knoxville.
August 11 : Second concert at the Neyland Stadium in Knoxville.
August 12 : Third concert at the Neyland Stadium in Knoxville. Leslie Robinette visits MJ backstage and they pose for pictures together.
August 13 : “Don’t Stand Another Chance” is released at the 1st single from “Dream Street”. Janet does not shoot a video for this song.
In NYC, The Jacksons are scheduled to begin shooting the ‘Torture’ video, directed by Jeff Stein.
Reports appear in the NY Daily News about problems which occur during production of the Torture video at the Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, New York. An argument apparently breaks out between Michael and his brothers, resulting in neither Michael nor Jermaine participating in the video. Stand-ins perform Michael’s dance sequences, and a wax figure is used for close-ups.
August 17 : First concert at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, located roughly 26 miles (41.8 km) northwest of downtown Detroit, Michigan.
August 18 : Second concert at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac (Michigan).
August 19 : Michael goes the Pontiac City Hall with a troop of police officers. Michael’s cameramen film them escorting him down the steps and into a police car. According to the source. Captain Robert Burns has organized the video shooting upon Michael’s request for his personal home movies.
Third concert at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac (Michigan).
August 20-24 : Michael visits Disneyworld with Emmanuel Lewis, Sean Lennon & Jonathan Spence in Orlando (Florida). During this visit, Michael makes a photoshoot with Lynn Goldsmith at the Epcot Center.
August 23 : While in Orlando, Florida, Michael takes a balloon ride. Joe Kittinger, transported Michael.
August 25 : LaToya performs “Heart Don’t Lie” on Solid Gold.
August 25+26 : Concerts at the Buffalo Rich Stadium in Orchad Park.
August 31 : Janet performs Don’t Stand Another Chance on Much More Music in Toronto, Canada.
September : Michael is on the cover of Life magazine.
Janet’s second album titled “Dream Street” is released by A&M Records. It will peak at #147 on Billboard 200.
September 1+2 : Concerts at the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) attended by Sly Stone & Bruce Springsteen. Bruce Springsteen visit Michael backstage and they pose for pictures.
September 5 : Frank Dileo holds a press conference to read a statement on behalf of Michael to set the record straight about many rumors.
September 7 : While the Jackson family is on tour, Janet & her boyfriend James DeBarge secretly elope in Grand Rapids (Michigan). Janet only reveals her secret marriage to LaToya but soon the press reveals the wedding. James moves into Hayvenhurst in Janet’s bedroom.
September 7+8 : Concerts at the Mile High Stadium in Denver (Colorado). Michael visits Elton John and spends a few days at the Caribou Ranch with John Barnes where they work on song ideas.
Michael Jackson and producer Jim Guercio, also owner of Caribou Ranch, September 1984 : While Michael Jackson never recorded a complete album at the ranch studio, he did record some music and also cherished his time on the ranch. He visited while on his famous Victory Tour in 1984, and instructed his bodyguards to go back to Denver, saying he didn’t need them. “He put on Levis and a cowboy hat and went horseback riding, and just hung out,” John Carsello, manager of the ranch, says. “He was really cool. I remember we gave him a toy yo-yo and we were teaching him tricks with it. People like that would sometimes just come by. It was great.” Despite Jackson using his time on the ranch to unwind, Carsello called the pop star a workhorse, and recalls the makeshift dance floor the staff constructed for Jackson with pieces of plywood and linoleum so he could practice his dancing in the studio. Source: thirstcolorado.com
September 8 : LaToya performs “Hot Potato” on Solid Gold.
September 11 : The single “Centipede” by Rebbie Jackson is released on Colombia Records. The song is written and produced by Michael who also sings backing vocals. It will peak at #24 on Hot 100 Billboard. Rebbie shoots a music video but Michael does not appear in it.
September 14 : Michael wins three awards at the first annual MTV Video Music Awards but does not attend the ceremony. Diana Ross accepts the awards for Michael.
September 15 : Michael goes shopping with Quincy Jones in Montreal.
In Los Angeles, Janet performs her new single “Don’t Stand Another Chance” + “Dream Street” on American Bandstand.
“Two To The Power Of Love” is released at the 2nd single from “Dream Street”. Janet does not shoot a video for this song.
September 16 : Michael attends Sunday service at the Kingdom Hall in Montreal.
First concert at the Canada Montreal Olympic Stadium in Montreal (Canada). During the last song, Jackie joins the brothers on stage for the first time during the tour.
September 17 : Second concert at the Canada Montreal Olympic Stadium in Montreal (Canada).
September 19 : Michael attends “Zorba” starring Anthony Quinn and Lila Kedrova at the Kennedy Center Opera House in in Washington, D.C
September 21 : First concert at the United States RFK Stadium in Washington D.C.
September 22 : Second concert at the United States RFK Stadium in Washington D.C.
September 28 : First concert at the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania).
September 29 : Second concert at the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania).
Season 4 premiere of “Fame” featuring Janet is aired on NBC.In the first episode Janet/Cleo performs her new single “Two To The Power Of Love” with Jesse Borrego taking Cliff Richard’s place.
September 30 : The single “Torture” is released by Epic. It’s a duet between Michael & Jermaine but none of them participates to the video! It will peak at #17 on Hot 100 Billboard.
October : Michael takes Emmanuel Lewis to Wet’N Wild Park, a water park in Orlando. They take a balloon ride.
October 5+6+7 : Concerts at the Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, Canada.
October 10 : Rebbie’s debut album titled “Centipede” is released.
October 12+13+14 : Concerts at the Comiskey Park in Chicago.
October 19+20 : Concerts at the Municipal Stadium in Cleveland.
October 23 : “Fast Girls” is released at the 3rd single from “Dream Street”. Janet does not shoot a video for this song.
Janet gives an interview on the Bryant Gumbel show.
October 27 : In Fame new episode “The Heart Of Rock N Roll”, Janet/Cleo performs “Don’t Stand Another Chance”.
October 29+30 : Concerts at the Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta.
November : Michael is on the cover of People Extra.
Janet & James move into their own condominium at 12546 The Vista in Brentwood.
November 2+3 : Concerts at the Orange Bowl in Miami.
November 3 : While in Miami for the Victory Tour, Michael visits Barry Gibb, one of the members of the Bee Gees, with whom he is friend. He takes the opportunity to go water skiing.
November 05 : In Miami, Michael meets Jackie Gleason, a prominent American comedian, actor, writer, and musician, best known for his larger-than-life personality and his iconic role as Ralph Kramden in the classic television sitcom The Honeymooners. They have dinner at New York Steak House on upper Biscayne Boulevard and they pose for pictures together.
November 9+10 : Concerts at the Houston Astrodome in Houston (Texas).
Michael sits for Madame Tussauds sculptor Jim Mathieson.
November 10 : Janet performs “Don’t Stand Another Chance” on the Soul Train Show.
November 16+17+18 : Concerts at the BC Place in Vancouver, Canada.
November 18 : Michael is made an honorary member of the new West Minister Police Department while in British Colombia.
November 20 : 5000 fans turn out to see Michael at the unveiling of his Hollywood Boulevard Star on the Walk Of Fame.
“Dream Street” is released to radios as the 4th & final single from “Dream Street’. Due to low sales of the album A&M cancel the released of the single. A music video is shot later as part of “Fame” storyline but it was never played on MTV or used as promotional video for the single.
November 21 : The single “Body” is released as the 4th and final single from “Victory” by Epic. Michael does not appear in the video. It will peak at #47 on Hot 100 Billboard.
November 30 + December 1+ 2 : Concerts at the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
December : Michael is on the cover of Ebony and magazines.
Michael appears in the video LA is my lady produced by Quincy Jones for Frank Sinatra.
Michael visits Steven Spielbeg on the set of The Goonies movie and befriends the young actor Corey Feldman.
Michael invites Elizabeth Taylor and her family to his concert at the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles but Elizabeth leaves the stadium midway during his performance : “I went to a concert and I couldn’t see a thing. I was way up,” Elizabeth recalled, “in a stadium.” Actually, she was seated in a special glass-enclosed VIP section that apparently didn’t give her the best sight lines. “I couldn’t see a thing and I brought thirty people, and we couldn’t even hear. So we went home to watch it on television by disc. “Michael heard that I had left halfway through and called me the next day and was like in tears ’cause he’d heard I had walked out,” Taylor said. “I hadn’t walked out. I just couldn’t see anything. And then we talked on the phone for about three hours. From there on in, we talked more and more on the phone.” Later this month, Elizabeth invites Michael to her home in Bel Air. Michael returns the invitation for a dinner at Hayvenhurst. This is the beginning of a lifelong special friendship…
December 2 : Michael sits down for a three hour interview recorded on tape for his memoirs.
December 6 : Michael is in Chicago to testify in court that he did write the song “The Girl Is Mine”.
December 7+8+9 : The Jacksons play their last Victory Tour concerts at the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles . During the last song of the last concert, Janet, LaToya & Rebbie join the group on stage with all the nieces and nephews to dance all together.
Michael announces on stage that this concert is the “last curtain call” from The Jacksons.
During 55 concerts attended by over 2 million people, the tour grossed a record $75 million!
December 13 : Michael attends a formal ceremony at Brotman Memorial Hospital. Following his accident, Pepsi awarded him compensation of one and a half million dollars, which the singer donated directly to the burn unit to improve patients’ daily lives and support research into burn treatments. The center is then renamed The Michael Jackson Burn Center.
December 22 : Rebbie performs on “American Banstand” Christmas Special.
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