On this day: January 10
POSTED: 10:35 AM PST Jan 09, 2013
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Jan 09, 2013
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.
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1917: American frontiersman William "Buffalo Bill" Cody dies of kidney failure at the age of 70 in Denver, Colo. Cody, a soldier, buffalo hunter and showman, was one of the most colorful figures of the American Old West and became famous for the "Wild West" shows he organized with cowboy themes.
