Taylor Swift Wins MTV Video Music Award, Kanye West Loses It - Music History - Calendar Event of The Day

 

2009 When Taylor Swift wins for Best Female Video at the MTV Video Music Awards, Kanye West comes on stage and commandeers the microphone, explaining that Beyoncé deserved the award for her "Single Ladies" video. When Beyoncé does win for Video of the Year later that night, she brings Taylor on stage to finish her speech. Read the full story   More Events:   1969 At the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival, host Kim Fowley starts a rock tradition when he asks the crowd to hold up lighters for Eric Clapton and John Lennon.   2011 The B-52s play their first ever show in Idaho, finally performing their song "Private Idaho" in the state that inspired it.   1996 Tupac Shakur, age 25, dies six days after being shot while riding in a car driven by his label boss, Suge Knight. No arrests are made in the case.   See More Events Click here for the previous post