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Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ, [9] is an American businessman and former professional basketball player. He played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) between 1984 and 2003, winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.
The 1984 Summer Olympics was a coming-out party for Michael Jordan, who led Team USA in scoring and dazzled the worldwide viewing audience with his athleticism and speed, including during the sweep of the NBA All-Stars before the Olympics.
The 1984 NBA draft was the 37th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). It was held at the Felt Forum at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, on June 19, 1984, before the 1984–85 season. [2]
Michael Jackson (center) as a member of the Jackson 5 in 1972. The group were among the first African American performers to attain a crossover following. [30] The Jackson 5 recorded several songs for a Gary record label, Steeltown Records; their first single, "Big Boy", was released in 1968. [31]
The 26th Grammy Awards had the highest ratings in the awarding body's history with 51.67 million viewers, a record unmatched as of 2025, and is the third most watched live awards show in U.S. television history (after the 1983 and 1998 editions of the Academy Awards). [1]
Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones in 1984. Off the Wall. The 1979 album, which was considered a turning point in Jackson's career, included hits such as wedding reception staple "Don’t Stop ...
Michael Jordan’s signed game-worn uniform from the 1980s is a “unicorn” rarely found on the market, Sotheby’s said. ... 1984, in Peoria, Illinois, where he first played for the Chicago Bulls.
In 1984, the Brotman Medical Center, which treated Jackson for second and third-degree burns on his scalp following a pyrotechnic incident while filming a Pepsi commercial, renamed their burn center to the Michael Jackson Burn Center, and gave him a plaque called the Michael Jackson Burn Center Plaque, in honor of the singer.