Did Mexico beat it? Fans go for ‘Thriller’ record (AP)

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Michael Jackson´s impersonator Hector Jackson performs with thousands of people at the Monument of the Revolution in Mexico City, during an attempt break the Guinness World record of people dancing Michael Jackson's Thriller, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009. The event was organized as a tribute to Michael Jackson on his birthday. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)AP - They say they beat it. Thousands of Mexicans claimed they broke the record for most people dancing to "Thriller" simultaneously in one place on Saturday, which would have been Michael Jackson's 51st birthday.