On this day, 28 August 2011, Beyoncé reveals her pregnancy during the MTV Video Music Awards, setting Twitter on fire. After performing “Love On Top,” she drops the mic, opens her blazer and rubs her baby bump. The crowd goes wild as the director cuts to the father, Jay-Z, who is being congratulated by Kanye West. The news gets tweeted out at a record pace – 8,868 tweets per second, which the Guinness Book of World Records certifies as the most tweets per second recorded for a single event.