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Governor of the U.S. state of Virginia Ralph Northam says he will not resign from office because he does not believe that he appears in a controversial photograph from his 1984 medical school yearbook showing one person wearing blackface and another person wearing Ku Klux Klan attire. However, Northam later admits to wearing blackface during the same time period for a dance contest, in order to imitate musician Michael Jackson.
2019-02-2

The U.S. city of Cleveland, Ohio, agrees to pay $6 million to settle a wrongful death civil rights lawsuit brought by the family of Tamir Rice. Rice was a 12-year-old boy who was walking outside a recreation center holding an air pellet gun when he was shot and killed by a Cleveland Police officer on November 22, 2014. Prosecutor Tim McGinty reported in December 2015 that an Ohio grand jury decided not to indict the police officers.
2016-04-25

Dr Conrad Murray is released from prison in the American city of Los Angeles for involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson.
2013-10-28

The jury in the Michael Jackson Estate vs. AEG Live court case finds AEG Live not guilty of negligence in hiring musician Michael Jackson's physician Conrad Murray. Murray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in 2011.
2013-10-2

Paris Jackson, Michael Jackson's daughter, tries to commit suicide by cutting her wrists and overdosing on pills.
2013-06-5

The jury retires to consider its verdict in the trial of Dr Conrad Murray for the alleged involuntary manslaughter of U.S. entertainer Michael Jackson.
2011-11-4

The trial of Dr Conrad Murray for manslaughter in connection to the death of American singer Michael Jackson begins in California.
2011-09-27

Dr Conrad Murray is ordered to face a trial for the manslaughter of Michael Jackson in California.
2011-01-11

Michael Jackson's estate signs history's largest recording deal with Sony Music.
2010-03-16

Dr. Conrad Murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter in pop singer Michael Jackson's death.
2010-02-8