February

01 February
02 February
03 February

1979 - The Jackson's appeared on "Soul Train."

2003 - In Britain, the 90-minute documentary "Living With Michael Jackson" was aired on television.

04 February

1997 - "Daily Variety" reported that Michael Jackson had fired his long time personal managers and had signed a contract with Prince Alwaleed Bin Talai.

1997 - Michael Jackson testified in Rome that he did not steal his 1991 song "Will You Be There." Italian singer Al Bano claimed that the Jackson song was stolen from his 1987 song "Swans of Balaka."

05 February
06 February

2003 - Michael Jackson released a statement regarding his unhappiness with the way in which he was portrayed in the 90-minute documentary "Living With Michael Jackson."

2003 - ABC's "20/20" aired the British documentary "Living With Michael Jackson." In the show Jackson revealed that he somtimes let children sleep in his bed.

07 February

1984 - Michael Jackson was inducted into "The Guinness Book Of Records" when sales of the album "Thriller" past 25 million.

1989 - Michael Jackson visited Cleveland School in Stockton, CA. On January 17, 1989, five children were fatally shot in the schoolyard.

2005 - The judge in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial delayed the jury selection process for a week due to a death Thomas Mesereau's family. Mesereau was Jackson's lead attorney.

08 February
09 February
10 February
11 February

1992 - Michael Jackson's single "Remember The Time" was released.

1992 - Michael Jackson began a trip of Africa in Gaob. He had planned to visit the Ivory Coast and Tanzania.

12 February
13 February
14 February
15 February

1992 - The Ivory Coast village of Krinjabo named Michael Jackson "King of the Sanwis."

1993 - The U.S. District Court in Denver, CO, ruled that Michael Jackson did not steal the song "Dangerous" from songwriter Crystal Cartier.

2005 - Michael Jackson was admitted to Marian Medical Center with flu-like symptoms. As a result, the judge in his child molestation case delayed the jury selection process until February 22.

1993 - The U.S. District Court in Denver, CO, ruled that Michael Jackson did not steal the song "Dangerous" from songwriter Crystal Cartier.

2005 - Michael Jackson was admitted to Marian Medical Center with flu-like symptoms. As a result, the judge in his child molestation case delayed the jury selection process until February 22.

16 February

1997 - Michael Jackson performed at a tribute to Elizabeth Taylor at her AIDS benefit in Los Angeles, CA. ABC-TV aired the event as "Happy Birthday, Elizabeth" on February 27, 1997.

2005 - Michael Jackson was released from Marian Medical Center after a brief hospitalization for flu-like symptoms. Jackson had been admitted the previous day.

17 February
18 February

1989 - "Moonwalker" replaced "E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial" at #1 on the Billboard Video Sales chart.

2004 - A travel agent filed a lawsuit against Michael Jackson for failure to pay her $18,000 for a charter jet flight. Cynthia Montgomery had arranged the November 20, 2003, flight in which Michael Jackson and his lawyer were videotaped.

2005 - ABC's "20/20" aired a segment in which Corey Feldman claimed that Michael Jackson showed him pornography when he was a young teenager. The interview was conducted with "20/20" correspondent Martin Bashir. Bashir's documentary "Living With Michael Jackson" sparked a child molestation investigation.

19 February
20 February

2008 - The "Thriller 25th" album was realised.

21 February

1970 - The Jackson Five performed "I Want You Back" and "ABC" on "American Bandstand." It was the group's TV debut.

1983 - Michael Jackson's album "Thriller" reached #1 for the first of 37 weeks.

1990 - Michael Jackson's "Leave Me Alone" won Best Music Video, Short Form at the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards.

22 February
23 February
24 February

1987 - Pepsi aired a Michael Jackson commercial, "The Spring...The Magic Returns," during the 29th Annual Grammy Awards.

1993 - Michael Jackson received the Living Legend Award at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards. The award was presented by Janet Jackson.

2003 - Michael Jackson requested a court injunction to block a television company from releasing unused footage filmed during the making of a documentary.

25 February

1986 - "We Are The World" won Song of the Year at the 28th Annual Grammy Awards.

2002 - It was announced that Michael Jackson's Neverland Entertainment was investing about $20 million into MDP Worldwide Entertainment, Inc. Mark Damon, chief executive of MDP, stated that Jackson would be a producer, actor and director for Neverland Pictures.

26 February
27 February
28 February

1984 - Michael Jackson won a record eight Grammy awards connected to the album "Thriller."

1996 - The video for "Scream" was named Best Video, Short Form at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards.

2004 - In Colorado, Michael Jackson shopped at Wal-Mart while wearing a ski mask. An employee called police to report someone shopping in a ski mask causing Jackson to be stopped by police a short time later. "There were no problems, and that was it" after Jackson identified himself.

2005 - In Santa Maria, CA, opening statements began in Michael Jackson's child molestation trial.

29 February