Author: Fred Colby

February 4 : Randy is seriously injured in a car crash in Hollywood, California. Katherine, Michael, Janet & LaToya visit him at the hospital. He almost looses a leg but after 6 months and 7 operations, he finally manages to walk again.

February 27 : Michael boycotts the Grammy Awards because Off The Wall was not nominated for best album of the year. He watches the ceremony at home with Katherine, Janet & LaToya. He wins his first Grammy but vows that his next album won’t be ignored…

May 26 : LaToya’s debut single “If You Feel The Funk” is released  by Polydor.

June 24 : Latoya’s debut album titled “LaToya Jackson” is released by by Polydor. Janet is one of seven people credited with providing handclaps on LaToya’s track “If You Feel The Funk”. She also co-writes the song “Lovely Is She” with LaToya.

July 29 : LaToya, Michael, Rebbie, Randy and Jonathan Moffett pose for pictures with the cast of “Blackness” at The Cast at The Circle Theatre in Hollywood.

July 31 : Michael is on the cover of Jet magazine with LaToya.

August : “Night Time Lover” by LaToya Jackson is released on Polydor. The song was written, composed and produced by Michael who also sings the background vocals. It’s the second single from her first album titled “LaToya Jackson”.

September 3 : In recognition of their contribution to music , The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce honour The Jacksons with a Star on Hollywood Boulevard’s “Walk Of Fame”. Michael, Jackie, Tito, Marlon and Randy attend the presentation with Joe & Katherine, Rebbie, LaToya, Janet and Joe’s mother Crystal Jackson. Michael is also presented a special plaque in “recognition of 4 Top ten singles from the album Off The Wall”. Later the Jackson family has dinner at Chasen’s restaurant in West Hollywood.

October 16 : Katherine, Randy & Janet attack Gina Sprague, Joe’s personal assistant at Joe Jackson Productions.

November : LaToya performs “Night Time Lover” on Sold Gold.

November 8 : LaToya performs “If You Feel the Funk” and “Are You Ready” on the Soul Train Show.

November 10 : LaToya performs “If You Feel The Funk” and “Night Time Lover” on Dutch TV show TopPop.

December 13 : LaToya performs “Night Time Lover” and “If You Feel The Funk” on American Bandstand.

July 1 : Mayor Tom Bradley declares “Jackson Day” in Los Angeles in honour of the group achievements. Some 300 guests attend a party in the City National Bank Vault in Beverly Hills including Katherine, LaToya & Janet.

August 16 : Michael is on the cover of Jet Magazine with an exclusive interview and a photoshoot that took place at Hayvenhurst with Katherine, Janet and LaToya.

December 18 + 19 : LaToya attends the Jacksons ‘s concerts at the Forum in Inglewood.

Early January : Michael & LaToya leave NYC and go back to Hayvenhurst.

March 10 : Michael, Tito, Jackie, Marlon, Randy, LaToya and Janet participate to the first Rock N Roll Sports Classic at the University of California in Irvine, close to Los Angeles. The show, inspired by the ABC program “The Battle of The Network Stars” (which pits television actors against each other), will be broadcast on May 3 on NBC. Hosted by Alex Karras and Ed McMahon, the events take place on the grounds of the University of California, Irvine, with the cheerleaders of the Dallas Cowboys. Michael participates in the 100-meter race and the swimming relay. Michael gives a short interview in which he explains that he is not a great athlete but that he enjoyed participating in these events.

June 16 : Birth of Autumn Jackson, second child of Jermaine & Hazel.

July 7 : LaToya & Janet make a photoshoot together.

July 16 : Dee Dee gives birth to Tito Jackson Jr (TJ).

October 25: LaToya attends the premiere & opening night party of  “The Wiz” at the Pitt’s Century Plaza Theater in Century City (Los Angeles) with Katherine, Joe, Janet & Michael & Diana Ross among others.

January 19 : CBS airs the 5th episode of The Jacksons Variety Show.  Special guest star : Redd Foxx. Songs performed : “Enjoy Yourself”, “They Can’t Take That Away from Me”/”Puttin’ on the Ritz”, “Blues Away”, “Bei Mir Bist Du Schön (Means You’re Grand)”, “Keep on Dancing”.

January 26 : CBS airs the 6th episode of The Jacksons Variety Show.  Special guest star : Carroll O’Connor. Songs performed : “Hum Along and Dance”,”Get Happy”/”I Got Rhythm”
“I Got You Babe”, “Coconut”,”I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart”/”Don’t Get Around Much Anymore”/”Caravan”/”Take the “A” Train”, “Show You the Way to Go”.

January 27 : Birth of Jermaine Jackson Jr (Jay) : First child of Jermaine & Hazel.

February 2 : CBS airs the 7th episode of The Jacksons Variety Show.  Special guest stars : Dom DeLuise/
George Miller/Muhammad Ali. Songs performed : “Moving Violation”,”On the Wall” “That’s the Way (I Like It)”, “Style of Life”, “Steppin’ Out”, “Hello, Dolly!”, “Life of the Party”.

February 9 : CBS airs the 8th episode of The Jacksons Variety Show.  Special guest star : Betty White. Songs performed : “Get It Together”, “On The Wall”, “Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy”, “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree”, “Dreamer”, “Opus No. 1”, “Just a Little Bit of You”.

February 16 : CBS airs the 9th episode of The Jacksons Variety Show.  Special guest stars : Georgia Engel/David Letterman. Songs performed : “Sugar Daddy”, “On The Wall”,”Cisco Kid”/”I Shot the Sheriff”,”One”, “Ben”, “I Am Love”.

February 23 : CBS airs the 10th episode of The Jacksons Variety Show.  Special guest stars :John Byner/Nicholas Brothers. Songs performed : “What You Don’t Know Won’t Hurt You”
“On the Wall”,”Midnight at the Oasis”,”Get Ready”,”Good Times” “I Can’t Quit Your Love”.

March 2 : CBS airs the 11th episode of The Jacksons Variety Show.  Special guest star : Lynda Carter. Songs performed “Think Happy”, “On The Wall”, “On the Good Ship Lollipop”, “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”,”Thank God I’m a Country Boy”, “Living Together”, “I’ll Be There”.

March 9 : CBS airs the 12th episode of The Jacksons Variety Show.  Special guest stars : Tim Conway/David Letterman. Songs performed : “Dancing Machine”, “On the Wall”
“Behind Closed Doors”, “Yes Sir, That’s My Baby”, “I’m Going To Jackson”, “Flat Foot Floogie”,”World of Sunshine”,”Body Language.

July : Michael and LaToya move together into a condo in Manhattan’s Sutton Place. Michael is in NYC to rehearse and film his first movie The Wiz, a black remake of The Wizard Of Oz. Michael got the part of the Scarecrow opposite good friend Diana Ross as Dorothy and Richard Pryor as The Wiz. The film is directed by Sydney Lumet.

June 29 : Birth of Sigmund Esco Jackson Jr (Siggy) : First child of Jackie & Enid.

August : Michael goes to the famous club Studio 54 in New York with LaToya & Janet. He meets a lot of people like Liza Minelli, Stephanie Mills, Tatum O’Neil or Andy Warhol.

October 05 : Birth of Yashi Brown : Second child of Rebbie & Nathaniel.

October 25 : The cast of The Wiz helds a party (“Goin’ Places with The Wiz) in Michael’s honor at Studio 54, in celebration of his acting debut and The Jackson’s 2nd album Goin’ Places release. Katherine, Jackie, Marlon, Tito, Randy, LaToya and Janet attend the party which is hosted by Epic Records. Invitations were in the form of airline tickets in keeping with the “Goin’ Places” theme.

December : Michael gives an interview to Steve Manning from his New York’s East Side appartment. Steve is greeted by LaToya who just finished preparing breakfast for Michael. The interview is published on the January 1978 issue of Black Stars magazine which features Michael on the cover.

June 16 : The Jacksons perform on The Dinah Show (taped in Burbank). They perform “De De Doo” with Dinah Shore, the host of the show. She interviews the brothers, who talk about their recent trip to the Philippines. Michael sings “One Day In Your Life” and “We’re Almost There,” then he is interviewed alone. He talks about his songs and vacations. Katherine, Rebbie, LaToya and Janet are in the audience and make a quick appearance.

CBS airs the first episode of The Jacksons Variety Show. The show based on their Las Vegas set features The Jacksons + The Jackson Sisters (Rebbie, LaToya & Janet).  Special guest star : Sonny Bono. Songs performed :”Forever Came Today”, “Love Will Keep Us Together”, “More Than You Know”/”Am I Blue?”/”For Once in My Life”/ “Try a Little Tenderness”, “Steppin’ Out with My Baby”, “Dancing Machine”.

June 23 : CBS airs the 2nd episode of The Jacksons Variety Show.  Special guest star : Mackenzie Phillips. Songs performed : “(You Were Made) Especially For Me”,
“Do The Fonz”, “A Little Bit Country, A Little Bit Rock and Roll”/”Deep Purple”Convoy”, “Junkfood Junkie”, “Ben”, “Goin’ Back to Indiana”.

June 24 : The Jacksons are on the cover of Jet Magazine including Rebbie, LaToya & Janet.

June 30 : CBS airs the 3rd episode of The Jacksons Variety Show.  Special guest star : Ed McMahon. Songs performed :”Rockin’ Robin”, “Flat Foot Floogie”, “World of Sunshine”, “Save The Bones for Henry Jones”, “The Love You Save”.

July 7 : CBS airs the 4th episode of The Jacksons Variety Show.  Special guest star : Joey Bishop. Songs performed :”ABC” “Fever”, “I Got You Babe”,”Down by the Old Mill Stream”, “Never Can Say Goodbye”.

November 5 : The Jacksons are on the cover of Rock & Soul Magazine including Rebbie, LaToya & Janet.

December : The Jacksons + Rebbie, LaToya & Janet give an interview at Hayvenhurst. This rare interview is aired in 2009 on the Swedish tribute program “As we remember Michael Jackson” (original title “Så minns vi Michael Jackson”).

December 18 : Birth of Valencia Jackson, first child of Marlon & Valencia.

June 30, 1975 : Joe Jackson calls a press conference at the Rainbow Grill in Manhattan with the whole family, except Jermaine, to announce that the Jackson 5 are leaving Motown for CBS Epic Records. Jermaine is officially replaced by Randy.

August 8, 1975 : Dee Dee gives birth to Taryll Jackson.

August 16, 1975 : Marlon gets married to Carol Ann Parker.

December : Concert in Mexico City, Mexico (unknown venue). Katherine, Janet & LaToya attend the concert. Jermaine is not on stage, Marlon takes over his parts. The concert is filmed and later air on mexican TV.

April 9 +10 +11 +12+13+14+15+16+17+18+19+20+21+22+23, 1974 : Joe Jackson arranges for the whole family , including sisters Rebbie, LaToya & Janet to perform twice a day a family show at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas ( Nevada ). Katherine attends every shows.

April 26+27+28, 1974 : The Jackson family moves their cabaret set to the Sahara Tahoe in Stateline.

August 1974 : The Jackson family is on the cover of Jet Magazine including Rebbie, LaToya & Janet.

August 21+22+23+24+25+26+27+28+30+31 +September 1+2+3, 1974 : The Jackson family return to the MGM Grand Hotel of Las Vegas for another series of shows.

August 30, 1974 : Cheryl Terrel, Joe’s lover, gives birth to a baby girl named Joh’ Vonnie.

September 8 : Tito Jackson throws a party for singer Al Green. Nearly five hundred guests attend, including David Bowie, to whom Michael shows the robot dance steps on the dance floor. Michael & LaToya pose for pictures with David Bowie.

September 12 : The Jackson 5 land in Brazil at Viracopos Airport in Sao Paulo, the first stop of the tour in the country. They check into the Othon Palace Hotel with the 21 people accompanying them, including Joe, Katherine LaToya and Janet, along with Miss Rose Fine, the children’s tutor. Randy, the youngest boy in the family, also joins the group. A press conference is organized at the hotel. The Brazilian press, represented by Folha de S. Paulo, is somewhat suspicious of the group, and the questions are unsettling and somewhat aggressive.

September 13 : Concert at the Palácio das Convenções d’Anhembi in São Paulo, Brazil.

September 14 : Concert at the Pavilhão de Exposições do Anhembi in São Paulo, Brazil.

In addition to these two dates in Sao Paulo, the group tapes a TV show for Brazilian television, Tupi, in the Sumaré neighborhood. The recording lasts until dawn due to technical issues. The program is the only recording that exists of the Jackson 5’s visit to Brazil. Unfortunately, it was largely destroyed by the fire that struck the TV channel’s building. Only 1 minute and 40 seconds of the recording survived the fire and are now preserved at the Brazilian Cinematheque, along with the rest of the channel’s files. Rare footage of Michael performing “Never Can Say Goodbye” and “Ben” was broadcast in 2009.

September 17 : Concert at the Gigantinho in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

September 18 : Concert at the Belo Horizonte, Estádio Independência in in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

September 19 + 20 : Concert at the Ginásio do Maracanãzinho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

During their visit to Rio de Janeiro for two dates, the group stops by the Globo radio studios. They are guests on the daily show hosted by Paulo Giovani, a renowned radio presenter.

The Jackson 5 give a press conference at the à Hotel Nacional in Rio.

September 21 : The Jackson 5 have to cancel their concert at the last minute at the Ginásio Nilson Nelson in Brasília, Brazil because their music material is still in Rio : ” The spectators were furious. We jumped outside, and when the bus driver saw us, he stopped immediately. We barely had time to jump into the bus, and inside, the enraged crowd was breaking everything. People surrounded the bus, pushing it and throwing anything they could get their hands on. “Quick, lie down and cover your heads with your hands,” I shouted to the boys. Shattered glass flew, and within minutes, all the windows were broken. The driver miraculously managed to navigate through the furious crowd without harming anyone, and afterwards, we were free on the road”. The concert is reschudeled for the daf after.

September 22 : Concert at the Ginásio Nilson Nelson in Brasília, Brazil.

The Jackson 5 perform “Life Of The Party” on the Sonny Comedy Revue.

September 23 : The Jackson family flies back to Los Angeles.

October 4+5+6, 1974 : New series of family shows at the Sahara Tahoe in Stateline.

November 20+21+22+23+24+25+26+27+28+29+30+31 + December 1+2+3, 1974 : Last series of family shows at the MGM Grand Hotel of Las Vegas.

November 24, 1974 : Jackie gets married to Enid Spann in Las Vegas. Soon after he leaves Hayvenhurst to move in hIs own place with Enid.

December 1974 : The whole Jackson family is on the cover of Ebony magazine.

May 29, 1956 : Katherine gives birth to LaToya Yvonne Jackson. LaToya is welcomed by her father Joe and her siblings Rebbie (aged 6), Jackie (aged 5), Tito (aged 4) and Jermaine (aged 2)

March 12, 1957 : Katherine gives birth to baby twins Marlon & Brandon Jackson but Brandon dies eight hours later.

August 29, 1958 : Katherine gives birth to Michael Joseph Jackson in Gary Indiana.

1960 : From Jermaine Jackson’s book in 2011 : “GOD WAS ALWAYS RESIDENT IN OUR house, but Jehovah moved in before Mother fell pregnant with Randy, when Michael was two. She had been raised a Christian with devoted family links to the Baptist Church, but two things happened in 1960 : a local pastor she respected at Gary’s Lutheran church turned out to be having an affair and therefore broke his covenant with God; and a practising Jehovah’s Witness, a friend named Beverly Brown, knocked on our door at the exact time of Mother’s spiritual disillu-sionment. That was when Christmas and birthdays moved out of our home. Mother says that I ‘must’ remember having a Christmas tree and presents until I was six, but I honestly can’t. After her conversion the only ‘special occasion’ was the bligatory visit with Mother to the local Kingdom Hall. It was her resnonsibility to show us the love of God.

October 29, 1961 : Katherine gives birth to Steven Randall Jackson (Randy).

May 16, 1966 : Katherine gives birth to Janet Damito Jo Jackson in Gary.

November 30, 1968 : While the Jackson 5 perform at the Regal Theater in Chicago, their sister Rebbie gets married to Nathaniel Brown at the Kingdom Hall of Gary. One month later they move to Kentucky. LaToya, aged 12, attends the ceremony.

July 1969 : Motown headquarters move from Detroit to California and so do the J5! Joe, Tito, Jack Richardson, drummer Johnny Jackson & keyboards players Ronnie Rancifer drive to Los Angeles while Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon & Michael fly out a few days later. The group is accommodated at the Motel Tropicana on Santa Monica Boulevard.

Katherine remains in Gary with LaToya, Randy and Janet.

November 1969 : Katherine, LaToya, Janet & Randy join Joe and the Jackson 5 in California and the whole family moves into a house rented by Motown on 1601 Queens Roads in the Hollywood Hills.

The family celebrates their new life by driving up to San Francisco for the weekend.

November 1970 : The Jackson family moves in a new house rented by Motown at
Bowmont Drive, in Beverly Hills.

May 5, 1971 : The Jackson family moves into a new house that they just purchased for 250 000 dollars at 4641 Hayvenhurst avenue in Encino, California. They call their new home Hayvenhurst. They share 6 rooms  : Katherine/Joe, Jackie/Ronny Rancifer, Tito/Johnny Jackson, Jermaine/Marlon, Michael/Randy, LaToya/Janet) + a guest room for Jack Richardson (the group road manager since 1968).

Rebbie gives birth to a baby girl named Stacee Brown.

September 24, 1971 : The Jackson 5 are on the cover of Life magazine with Katherine & Joe. The photoshoot took place at Hayvenhurst and features Rebbie, baby Stacee, LaToya & 5 years old Janet.

June 17, 1972 : Tito leaves Hayvenhurst and gets married to Delores “Dee Dee” Martes in a small chapel in Inglewood California. The whole family attends the wedding including Michael, LaToya & Janet.

September 1972 : Michael starts to attend Montclair Prep High School, a private school in Van Nuys. He and LaToya meet and become lifelong friends with Kathy Hilton.

November 18, 1972 : The Jackson family (including Joseph, Katherine and 16 years old LaToya) attend the 6th annual NAACP Image Award ceremony at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. The Jackson 5 perform and for the third consecutive year, the group is presented with the NAACP’s Image Award for Male Group Of The Year. Michael poses for pictures with Coretta Scott King (Martin Luther King’s widow) and Redd Foxx.

March 9, 1973 : Katherine files for divorce after finding out about Joe’s affair but she withdraws her demand a couple of months later.

August 4, 1973 : Dee Dee gives birth to Toriano Jackson 2 (Taj), Tito’s first son and Katherine and Joe’s first grandson. Since Tito is on tour, LaToya acts as Dee Dee’s Lamaze labour coach.

December 15, 1973 : Jermaine leaves Hayvenhurst and gets married to Hazel Gordy, daughter of Berry Gordy. The whole family attends the wedding including Michael, LaToya & Janet.

Paris, Prince and Bigi, and Katherine make plans to put together a documentary film entitled “Remembering Michael” in remembrance of her deceased father. It had been hoped that costs associated with the making of the project were to be funded via contributing fans through the crowdfunding site FundAnything. However, due to the uproar from the fans and media sparked by this method, Katherine decides to shut down the campaign. In a sneak peek of the documentary, Paris remarked that her father had promised to teach her his famous dance move, the Moonwalk, but never had the chance. Since the shutdown of the online campaign, no further updates have been reported concerning this project.

January 25 : Jackie takes his nephew Prince to the basketball game of his Los Angeles Lakers vs. Utah Jazz in the Staples Center in L.A.

February 13 : Prince celebrates his 14th birthday with family & friends.

February 17 : Birth of Adren Michael Jackson, second child of  Taryll Jackson & Breana Cabral.

February 21 : Blanket celebrates his 9th birthday with family & friends.

March 23 : Prince’s Godmother, Elizabeth Taylor, the legendary actress famed for her beauty, her jet-set lifestyle, her charitable endeavors and her many marriages, has died, her publicist told CNN Wednesday. She was 79. Taylor died “peacefully today in Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles,” said a statement from her publicist. She was hospitalized six weeks ago with congestive heart failure, “a condition with which she had struggled for many years. Though she had recently suffered a number of complications, her condition had stabilized and it was hoped that she would be able to return home. Sadly, this was not to be.”

March 24 : Elizabeth Taylor is buried in a private ceremony, the day after she died, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Taylor is entombed in the Great Mausoleum, where public access to her tomb is restricted.

March 31 : Blanket, Paris, Latoya and Prince Jackson support Japan Relief for the American Red Cross at the GBK Gift Lounge at SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

April 03 : Paris celebrates her 13th birthday with family & friends.

April 14/15/16 : 31st/32nd/33rd concerts in Los Angeles. Katherine, Rebbie, Jermaine, Halima, Tito, Randy, Austin, Yashi, Stacee, Prince, Paris & Blanket, Jimmy Jam, Chris Tucker & Wissam attend the show among others.

June 04 : Family Day at Katherine’s house in Calabasas with Janet, Prince, Paris, Blanket, LaToya, Jackie, Jermaine, Halima, TJ, Yashi & Marlon among others.

Summer : Birth of Jared Esco Jackson, first son of Siggy and first grandson of Jackie.

August 08 : Prince, Paris, Blanket, Katherine and Latoya  attend Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Receives Michael Jackson Artwork Donation ceremony in L.A.

August 26 + 27 : Katherine & Joe take Prince, Paris & Blanket to the old family home in Gary, Indiana.

August 28 : Prince & Paris go back to school while Blanket continues to be home schooled.

September 02 : Birth of Savanna Sanchez, second child of Brittny.

September 23 : Prince attends the Tribute to Bambi 2011 at the Station on September 23, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. He is accompanied by Dieter Wiesner & Howard Mann…

October 02 : Prince, Paris, Blanket, Jermajesty, Jaffar, Katherine, Tito, Jackie & Marlon attend the world premiere of the Cirque Du Soleil “Immortal” show in Montreal.

October 8 : Katherine, Joe, Jackie, Tito, LaToya, Marlon, Siggy, Taj, Taryll, TJ, Prince, Paris, Blanket, Jaafar, Jermajesty & Royal attend and perform at the “Michael Forever” Tribute concert in Cardiff, UK. Janet, Austin, Rebbie, Jermaine & Randy refuse to participate.

November 7 : LaToya ans part of the Jackson family arrive in court for the Dr Conrad Murray trial verdict. Murray is convicted in the 2009 death of pop singer Michael Jackson from an overdose of the powerful anesthetic prop.

November 10 : Marlon, Jackie, Tito & Prince attend a press conference in Los Angeles to announce the ‘Thriller’ et ‘Beat It” jackets signed by The Jacksons.

November 23 : Thanksgiving dinner at Katherine’s house in Calabasas with Janet, LaToya, Austin, Prince, Paris & Blanket among others.

November 30 : Prince, Paris, Blanket & Katherine Jackson attend FOX’s ‘The X Factor’ Top 7 Live Performance Show in West Hollywood.

December 03 : Prince, Paris, Blanket, Katherine, Jackie, Tito, Donte, Randy Jr, Jaafar & Jermajesty attend the US premiere of “Immortal” in Las Vegas.

December 15 : Paris is a guest on the Ellen Show to announce her first film project “Lundon’s BridgeAnd The Three Keys. Prince & Blanket are in the audience.

December 24/25 :  Prince, Paris & Blanket go to Orlando with Omer Bhatti & the 3T and their families.

January 4 (Day 1 of Dr Conrad Murray preliminary hearing) :

Katherine, Jackie & LaToya attend the hearing.
Los Angeles County Prosecutor David Walgren makes his opening statement.
Testimonies of Kenny Ortega (producer/director for “This Is It”), Michael Amir Williams (Michael’s assistant at the time of his death) & Faheem Muhammad (Michael’s bodyguard at the time of his death).

January 6 (Day 3 of Dr Conrad Murray preliminary hearing) :

Katherine & LaToya attend the hearing.
Testimonies of Richard Senneff, Martin Blount (another EMT who arrived at Michael Jackson’s house 4 minutes after the 911 call), two reps from the phone companies ATT & Sprint Nextel (Harry Daliwal et Jeff Strohm), (two doctors from the UCLA Medical Center (Dr. Richelle Cooper & Dr. Thao Nguyen) & death investigator Dan Myers.

January 7 (Day 4 of Dr Conrad Murray preliminary hearing) :

Katherine, Joe & LaToya attend the hearing.
Testimonies of Dan Myers, Sade Anding (a girlfriend of Dr Murray’s at the time of Michael’s death), Bridgette Morgan (Dr Murray’s former girlfriend) Nicole Alvarez (Dr Murray’s former girldriend and mother of one his children), Elissa Fleak (an investigator for the L.A. County Coroner’s Office).

January 10 (Day 5 of Dr Conrad Murray preliminary hearing) :

Katherine, Janet, Rebbie, Randy & LaToya attend the hearing.
Testimonies of Stephen Marx (an iPhone expert), Tim Lopez (a pharmacist at Applied Pharmacy Services in Las Vegas), Jaime Lintemoot ( Senior Criminalist from the L.A. County Coroner’s Office) & Orlando Martinez (LAPD Robbery Homicide Detective).

January 11 (Day 6 of Dr Conrad Murray preliminary hearing) :

Katherine, Janet, Randy & LaToya attend the hearing.
Testimonies of Christopher Rogers (a doctor for the L.A. County Coroner’s Office) & Richard Ruffalo. Judge Michael Pastor rules there is sufficient evidence to warrant a manslaughter trial and so Dr. Conrad Murray is ordered to stand trial in the death of Michael Jackson.

January 15 : LaToya attends the GBK Golden Globes Gift Lounge at The London Hotel in West Hollywood, California.

February 17 : Birth of Adren Michael Jackson, second child of  Taryll Jackson & Breana Cabral.

March-May : LaToya takes part in NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice, which air from March through May 2011 and raises $65,000 for her chosen charity, AIDS Project Los Angeles. La Toya is “fired” from Celebrity Apprentice in episode 8 during season 11, which aired on April 24, 2011 on NBC. In an Apprentice first, LaToya is rehired in the following episode, as she felt she couldn’t defend her case. La Toya is fired for the second time on May 8, 2011 and becomes the first person to be fired from The Apprentice twice within the same season. She is also the first guest judge to appear in two episodes of season three of RuPaul’s Drag Race. She also serves as guest judge on the 17th season of America’s Next Top Model.

To promote Celebrity Apprentice, LaToya gives several interviews including the Today Show, “Live With Regis & Kathie Lee” (March 4) , the Mo’Nique Show (May 18) and the Wendy Williams Show.

March 16 : LaToya will publish her second memoir, tentatively titled Starting Over and set to be released in the United States on September 13, 2011 through Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.

March 31 : Blanket, Paris, Latoya and Prince Jackson support Japan Relief for the American Red Cross at the GBK Gift Lounge at SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

April 29 : LaToya attends the 18th Annual Race To Erase MS at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel  in Century City, California.

May 18 : LaToya is a guest on the Mo’Nique Show.

May 22 : LaToya attends ‘The Celebrity Apprentice’ Season 4 Finale at Trump SoHo in New York City.

June 04 : Family Day at Katherine’s house in Calabasas with Janet, Prince, Paris, Blanket, LaToya, Jackie, Jermaine, Halima, TJ, Yashi & Marlon among others.

June 20 : LaToya gives an interview on The Today Show live on NBC where she claims that Conrad Murray was the fall guy and Michael was murdered but she refuses to name names : “Now they are controlling his estate. You have to follow the money when something like this happens. Read the book it’s there, black and white”.

LaToya attends La Toya Jackson’s Book Launch Party at 230 Fifth Avenue in New York City. 

June 21 : LaToya is a guest on Today Show on NBC where she defends Michael : “I never had a change heart. I always knew that he never did that”.

LaToya releases her new book “Starting Over” and gives many interviews to promote it including Piers Morgan Tonight on CNN.

The same day her long awaited EP “StartingOver” is digitally released to online music retailers, to coincide with the same-titled book. The EP’s title track was first previewed on LaToya’s official You Tube channel at the end of May. 

June 22 : LaToya promotes her new book ‘Starting Over’ at Barnes & Noble Tribeca in New York City.

June 24 :  La Toya Jackson says Michael feared he’d be killed : Michael Jackson spent the last months of his life frightened and on edge, convinced that he would be killed by people wanting to get access to his valuable music catalog, according to his sister, La Toya Jackson.

LaToya promotes her new book ‘Starting Over’ at Barnes & Noble in Chicago, Illinois.

June 28 : LaToya does a book signing of ‘Starting Over’ at the Barnes & Noble in The Grove in Los Angeles, California.

During an interview live on KTLA NEWS, LaToya exposed John Branca as one of the persons responsibles for Michael’s death : “Michael had fired John Branca!”

July 19 : Birth of Jared Esco Jackson, first son of Siggy and first grandson of Jackie.

July 21 : LaToya is a guest on “The View”.

July 25 : Katherine, LaToya, Tito, Jackie and Marlon attend the Jackson Family press conference at Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

August 08 : Prince, Paris, Blanket, Katherine and Latoya  attend Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Receives Michael Jackson Artwork Donation ceremony in L.A.

September 02 : Birth of Savanna Sanchez, second child of Brittny.

September 27 + 28 + 29 + 30  : LaToya attends Dr Murray’s trial in Los Angeles with her family (Katherine, Joe, Rebbie, Janet, Jermaine, Tito & Randy).

October 8 : Katherine, Joe, Jackie, Tito, LaToya, Marlon, Siggy, Taj, Taryll, TJ, Prince, Paris, Blanket, Jaafar, Jermajesty & Royal attend and perform at the “Michael Forever” Tribute concert in Cardiff, UK. Janet, Austin, Rebbie, Jermaine & Randy refuse to participate.

November 7 : The Jackson family arrives in court for the Dr Conrad Murray trial verdict. Murray is convicted in the 2009 death of pop singer Michael Jackson from an overdose of the powerful anesthetic prop.

November 23 : LaToya has Thanksgiving dinner at Katherine’s house in Calabasas with Janet, Austin, Prince, Paris & Blanket among others.

November 27 : LaToya attends the 80th anniversary Hollywood Christmas Parade benefiting Marine Toys for Tots in Hollywood, California.

November 29 : Katherine, Rebbie, LaToya & Jermaine attend the sentencing of Dr. Conrad Murray at the Los Angeles Superior Court. Judge Michael E. Pastor sentences Murray to four years in the Los Angeles County Jail for the involuntary manslaughter of Jackson.