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Jimmy Wales & Michael Jackson

Did Jimmy Wales and Michael Jackson live at the same time?

Yes. Jimmy Wales and Michael Jackson lived at the same time for 43 years, from 1966 to 2009.[1][2][3][4]

Jimmy Wales · Michael Jackson · Born in 1966 · Born in 1958

Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Wales
1966–present
Business & Industry
Co-founder of Wikipedia
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
1958–2009
Music
King of Pop, Thriller
19582026
Jimmy Wales
Michael Jackson
Jimmy Wales
Business & Industry
Born in Huntsville
Michael Jackson
Music
Born in Gary
Died in Los Angeles

World Events During Their Overlap

1969 Apollo 11: first humans walk on the Moon
1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and independence
1973 1973 oil crisis
1975 Fall of Saigon; Vietnam War ends
1979 Iranian Revolution
1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster
1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall
1989 Tiananmen Square protests
1990 Nelson Mandela released from prison
1991 Dissolution of the Soviet Union
1994 Rwandan genocide
1994 End of apartheid; South Africa holds first free elections
1997 Dolly the Sheep cloned
1998 Good Friday Agreement signed in Northern Ireland
2001 September 11 attacks
2003 Human Genome Project completed
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
2008 Global financial crisis

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Sources

  1. Jimmy Wales — Wikipedia
  2. Jimmy Wales (Q181) — Wikidata
  3. Michael Jackson — Wikipedia
  4. Michael Jackson (Q2831) — Wikidata