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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_8" title="April 8">April 8</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1271" title="1271">1271</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusades" title="Crusades">Crusades</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Hospitaller" title="Knights Hospitaller">Knights Hospitaller</a> surrendered the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krak_des_Chevaliers" title="Krak des Chevaliers">Krak des Chevaliers</a></b>, a castle in present-day Syria, to the army of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamluk" title="Mamluk">Mamluk</a> sultan <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baybars" title="Baybars">Baibars</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904" title="1904">1904</a> – France and the United Kingdom signed the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entente_Cordiale" title="Entente Cordiale">Entente Cordiale</a></b>, agreeing to a peaceful coexistence after centuries of intermittent conflict.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1911" title="1911">1911</a> – American cartoonist <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winsor_McCay" title="Winsor McCay">Winsor McCay</a></b> released the silent short film <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Nemo_(1911_film)" title="Little Nemo (1911 film)">Little Nemo</a></b></i> <i>(featured)</i>, one of the earliest animated films.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933" title="1933">1933</a> – The Australian state of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933_Western_Australian_secession_referendum" title="1933 Western Australian secession referendum">voted to secede</a></b> from the federation, but efforts to implement the result proved to be unsuccessful.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973" title="1973">1973</a> – The Norwegian <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_Party_(Norway)" title="Progress Party (Norway)">Progress Party</a></b> was founded in a movie theater in Oslo.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracalla" title="Caracalla">Caracalla</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 217); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Dee" title="Mary Dee">Mary Dee</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1912); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TBJZL" title="TBJZL">TBJZL</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1993)</p>
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