1924 – History of Science Society organized at Boston
1943 – Frankfurters replaced by Victory Sausages (mix of meat and soy meal)
1945 – German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of Bulge
1950 – Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames, 64 die
1957 – Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) founded with Martin Luther King Jr. as leader at Ebenezer Church in Atlanta
1971 – Congressional Black Caucus organizes
1974 – “Joker” by Steve Miller Band peaks at #1
1998 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
2007 – Comet McNaught reaches perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years.
2010 – Colombia officially leaves the recession after achieving 2% economic growth in the last quarter of 2009