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Times Square

On April 8:

1742 - Händel's oratorio The Messiah premiered.
1769 - 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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