Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 8
- 1742 - Handel's oratorio Messiah premiered.
- 1767 - Ayutthaya kingdom fell to Burmese invaders.
- 1904 - France and the United Kingdom signed the Entente Cordiale.
- 1904 - Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square.
- 1953 - Jomo Kenyatta was convicted of being a Mau Mau leader.
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