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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.

OTD January 10 - Carl Linnaeus — 3 / 40

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1778: Swedish botanist and explorer Carl Linnaeus, who was the first to establish a precise biological classification, with a uniform system for naming organisms by genus and species, dies at the age of 70 near Uppsala, Sweden, from the effects of his third stroke in a four-year span.

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OTD January 10 - London Underground

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OTD January 10 - Ray Bolger

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OTD January 10 - Treaty of Versailles

OTD January 10 - Metropolis

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OTD January 10 - Stephen Ambrose

OTD January 10 - Willie McCovey

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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

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OTD January 10 - The Beatles

OTD January 10 - Masterpiece Theatre

OTD January 10 - Howlin' Wolf

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OTD January 10 - Iraq surge

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