On this day: January 10

POSTED: 12:35 PM Jan 09 2013 UPDATED: 1:00 AM Jan 10 2013

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Caesar crosses the Rubicon, the London Underground opens, RCA introduces the 45 rpm single, The Beatles' first U.S. record is released, and Wendy's asks "Where's the Beef?," all on this day.

OTD January 10 - Rubicon — 1 / 40

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BC 49: After the Roman Senate ordered Julius Caesar to lay down his military command and return to Rome, he refuses and instead crosses the Rubicon River with a legion to march into the city itself. The move signals the start of civil war, from which Caesar would emerge as the unrivaled leader of Rome.

OTD January 10 - Rubicon

OTD January 10 - Common Sense

OTD January 10 - Carl Linnaeus

OTD January 10 - steamboat New Orleans

OTD January 10 - Frank James

OTD January 10 - Samuel Colt

OTD January 10 - London Underground

OTD January 10 - Samuel Mudd

OTD January 10 - Lucas gusher

OTD January 10 - Ray Bolger

OTD January 10 - Buffalo Bill Cody

OTD January 10 - Treaty of Versailles

OTD January 10 - Metropolis

OTD January 10 - Tintin

OTD January 10 - Ronnie Hawkins

OTD January 10 - Stephen Ambrose

OTD January 10 - Willie McCovey

OTD January 10 - Sal Mineo

OTD January 10 - Walter Hill

OTD January 10 - Jim Croce

OTD January 10 - Rod Stewart

OTD January 10 - United Nations General Assembly

OTD January 10 - RCA 45 records

OTD January 10 - George Foreman

OTD January 10 - Sinclair Lewis

OTD January 10 - Pat Benatar

OTD January 10 - Dashiell Hammett

OTD January 10 - Introducing the Beatles

OTD January 10 - Edward Brooke

OTD January 10 - Surveyor 7

OTD January 10 - The Beatles

OTD January 10 - Masterpiece Theatre

OTD January 10 - Howlin' Wolf

OTD January 10 - Rockford Files

OTD January 10 - Vatican City

OTD January 10 - Where's the Beef

OTD January 10 - Time Warner

OTD January 10 - Spalding Gray

OTD January 10 - Iraq surge

OTD January 10 - Tom DeLay

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