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 More Historical Events »