1905<\/strong> – Ty Cobb made his major league batting debut with the Detroit Tigers.<\/p>\n 1928<\/strong> – The Independence of India League was established in India.<\/p>\n 1941<\/strong> – During World War II, the Nazis severed the last railroad link between Leningrad and the rest of the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n 1945<\/strong> – General Douglas MacArthur set up Allied occupation headquarters in Japan.<\/p>\n 1951<\/strong> – The Philippines and the United States signed a defense pact.<\/p>\n 1956<\/strong> – In Louisianna, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opened.<\/p>\n 1960<\/strong> – A partial blockade was imposed on West Berlin by East Germany.<\/p>\n 1963<\/strong> – The “Hotline” between Moscow and Washington, DC, went into operation.<\/p>\n 1965<\/strong> – Thurgood Marshall was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a Supreme Court justice. 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