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Three daughters of civil rights activist Malcolm X file a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit against the CIA, the FBI, and the New York Police Department for their alleged roles in the assassination of Malcolm X.
2024-11-15

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

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

Conrad Murray is found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in relation to the death of American entertainer Michael Jackson.
2011-11-7

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

Michael Jackson's memorial plaque will be unveiled at a West End theatre in London on June 24. In mid-February Los Angeles coroners have released a report of his autopsy, which said his death was a homicide.
2010-06-20

Cirque du Soleil announces it will stage a live tour featuring the works of Michael Jackson.
2010-04-21

Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's doctor pleads not guilty in death of the star.
2010-02-9