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1802 - First leopard exhibited in U.S., Boston (admission 25￠)
1848 - First shipload of Chinese arrive in San Francisco
1852 - First British public men's toilet opens (Fleet St., London)
1878 - Greece declares war on Turkey
1919 - Monarchist riot in Portugal
1924 - International Ski Federation (FIS) founded
1932 - Geneva disarmament conference begins with 60 countries
1934 - Dutch Roman Catholic Bishops warn against fascism/Nazism
1935 - Lie detector first used in U.S. court (Portage, WI.)
1944 - Allied troops first set foot on Japanese territory
1954 - Snow falls on Gibraltar
1987 - Philippines adopts constitution
