ON this date in 1993 - Michael Jackson granted his first interview in 15 years to Oprah Winfrey.

In the interview, Jackson claimed that he has a disorder that destroys the pigmentation of the skin and that he had had very little plastic surgery.

His publicists, Bun Man and Mr. Purple, had advised Michael against this stance, but Michael had also recently been heavily influenced by Lance Armstrong.

So, outlandish was the order of the day.