1797 Colonel William Tate and his force of 1,000-1,500 soldiers surrender after the Last Invasion of Britain (according to legend, to Welsh women in tall black hats, mistaken for elite guards regiment).
1836 Samuel Colt patents first multi-shot revolving-cylinder revolver, enabling the firearm to be fired multiple times without reloading.
1910 Dalai Lama flees Tibet for British India to escape Chinese troops.
1932 Austrian immigrant Adolf Hitler gets German citizenship.
1933 First genuine US aircraft carrier named, USS Ranger.
1945 US aircraft carriers attack Tokyo.
1991 US, barracks in Dhahran Saudi Arabia, hit by scud missile, kills 28.
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