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Today in Michael Jackson History April 21st and 22nd


HAPPY EARTH DAY

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HISTORICAL DATES


April 21:

1988 - Michael Jackson performs the 3rd and last of 3 dates of his BAD Tour at The Rosemont Horizon, Chicago Illinois. While in Chicago Michael is presented with the keys to the city by mayor Eugene Sawyer

2005 - The Discovery Channel announces Michael Jackson as one of the nominees for it's soon to be released film, a seven-part series count down of the 'Greatest Americans'. Other nominees include George Washington, Hugh Hefner, Hillary Clinton, Abraham Lincoln, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, John Wayne, Johnny Carson, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.



April 22:


1973 - The Jackson 5 tour Japan. While in Japan, Michael and his brothers take time to visit Buddhist temples, art museums and the Oriental Gardens of the Takanawa Prince Hotel. Amongst their dates the group performs at Tokyo's Annual Music Festival at the Imperial Palace as well as Osaka and Hiroshima.

1974 - The Jackson Family plays the fourteenth of fifteen nights at the MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas (Nevada).

1979 - Jacksons perform the 2nd of 2 non-consecutive Destiny Tour concerts at the Valley Forge Music Fair, Pennsylvania





PICTURE OF THE DAY

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Michael Jackson at The Rosemont Horizon, Chicago April 1988






SONG OF THE DAY

Earth Song - Michael's official short film

http://youtu.be/XAi3VTSdTxU




VIDEOS OF THE DAY

Michael and J5 sing 'Never Can Say Goodbye' live in Japan. 1973

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKfF9yYPWg8


Michael Jackson recites his - Planet Earth Poem

http://youtu.be/0Z4c-ru6Y2k





QUOTE OF THE DAY

"Did you know that an area of tropical rainforest the size of six football fields
is burned every minute, and destroyed? Did you know that 3 million children
die every minute, and did you also know that every hour 300 children die from
hunger? But I believe in us as a people, I know we can make a difference."

"We have to heal our wounded planet."


~ Michael Jackson





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The first time I heard Earth Song, I had goosebumps. Then, the first time I saw the video, I watched it over, and over and over. I want someone to have the ending scream repeated continuously, so I have only that sound for about 10 minutes on a cd. Then, I could blast it all over the house.
 
2005 - The Discovery Channel announces Michael Jackson as one of the nominees for it's soon to be released film, a seven-part series count down of the 'Greatest Americans'. Other nominees include George Washington, Hugh Hefner, Hillary Clinton, Abraham Lincoln, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, John Wayne, Johnny Carson, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Was he selected to be part of the greatest americans'?
 
Michael was nominated in the top one hundred but didn't make to the top 25. The nominees were voted on by the public .. I googled it and found a little info but not sure if they nominated one finalist or not.

Here is some info on wiki and I also found a video of matt lauer promoting it.

The Greatest American was a four-part American television series hosted by Matt Lauer in 2005. The show featured biographies and lists of influential persons in U.S. history, and culminated in a contest in which millions in the audience nominated and voted for the person they felt was the "greatest American". The competition was conducted by AOL and the Discovery Channel and reported on by the BBC.

Nominations were accepted through 31 January 2005. The seven-hour-long series was broken into four episodes: The first episode counted down the top 100 and introduced the top 25 nominees in alphabetical order. The second episode featured biographies of the top 25 nominees as well as commentaries from influential people such as celebrities and politicians. The third episode, called "The Great Debate", introduced the top five nominees and pitted the studio audience supporters of each of the nominees and a person selected to represent each of the top five candidates against a panel of three celebrities. In the finale the top five "Greatest Americans" were announced as well as what percentage of the votes each had received. Votes were taken through a toll free (if calling from a land line) phone number, through text messages from cell phones, and through online voting. Voters were allowed to vote three times per voting method, so anyone had a chance of voting at least nine times.


Top 25


  1. Ronald Reagan
  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  4. George Washington
  5. Benjamin Franklin
  6. George W. Bush
  7. Bill Clinton
  8. Elvis Presley
  9. Oprah Winfrey
  10. Franklin D. Roosevelt
  11. Billy Graham
  12. Thomas Jefferson
  13. Walt Disney
  14. Albert Einstein
  15. Thomas Alva Edison
  16. John F. Kennedy
  17. Bob Hope
  18. Bill Gates
  19. Eleanor Roosevelt
  20. Lance Armstrong
  21. Muhammad Ali
  22. Rosa Parks
  23. The Wright Brothers
  24. Henry Ford
  25. Neil Armstrong
 
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