RuPaul’s Drag Race season 1 debuted on Logo TV.
BeBe Zahara Benet won the contest snatching a cash prize of $20,000.
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Grand Central Terminal opened in New York City.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ferried a US National Reconnaissance Office payload into orbit.
Captain William Dampier rescued British Sailor Alexander Selkirk after 52 months of being left on an island.
London opened the world's first public flushing toilets.
The high-end fashion label Givenchy was presented for the first time in Paris, with the first model being Bettina Graziani.