Today In Michael Jackson History (August 25th)

1970 - The Jackson 5 are at Look Magazine, Volume 34 Number 17. Cover story: JACKSON FIVE: “Bubblegum soul takes off”.

THE JACKSON FIVE: The Hottest new group in the record world has to be in bed by ten o’clock. “Led by Michael, 10, the Jackson quintet is an exaltation of earthy songs and hip street dancing that sends teen audiences wild.” by Ernest Dunbar, Photographs by Douglas Jones.

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1972 - The Jackson 5 play at the Cow-Palace, San Francisco, California.

1973 - The Jackson 5 play at the Convention Center, Fresno, California.

1974 - The Jackson 5 play the fifth of fourteen nights at the MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada.

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1978 - Michael Jackson attends a reception for the Robert Kennedy Tennis Tournament at the NBC Building in New York City. Jackie Kennedy invited Michael Jackson to accompany her to the Robert Kennedy Tennis Tournament, where she introduced him to her children; John F. Kennedy Jr. & Caroline Kennedy.

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1984 - The Jackson’s perform the Victory Tour concert at the Rich Stadium Buffalo, New York.

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1992 - The first “Heal The World” European Children’s Congress meets in London, England. Eighty-four children between the ages of 8 and 16 come together to express their views on the world’s biggest problems and the solutions, as they see them. Despite a case of laryngitis, Michael Jackson arrives at Regent’s College after lunch and stays for approximately four hours.

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1993- Michael Jackson’s album “Thriller” was certifed at 22 times Platinum and the album “Bad” was certified 7 times Platinum.

1993 - Michael’s second concert in Bangkok is rescheduled to august 26 because Michael is suffering from acute dehydration.

1997 - On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson performs the last of two nights at the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland, to an audience of 50,000.

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2008 - The fan-voted album King of Pop was released in Belgium, New Zealand & UK.Sony BMG UK teamed up with GMTV and The Sun allowing fans, until August 10, to pick 18 tracks from the Michael Jackson’s song pool. 66,000 people took part in the voting process. Most notable is the fact that “Scream” is included on the album, as this song had not appeared on any compilation album in the United Kingdom prior due to legal rights. In New Zealand, it was announced that fans in New Zealand would have until July 20, to vote for their version of King of Pop. In Belgium, the Fans could vote for their 5 favorite tracks from the MJ song pool of 124, on the web site of the Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad. This is the only version of the album to contain the single “Girlfriend”.

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2010 - In California, two of Michael Jackson’s childer, Prince and Paris, began attending The Buckley School.

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2012 - Cirque du Soleil opens their second of ten nights of the Michael Jackson “THE IMMORTAL” World Tour International performance at the Palacio de los Deportes, in Mexico City Mexico.

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