April 8 Little Nemo 1271 – Crusades: The Knights Hospitaller surrendered the Krak des Chevaliers, a castle in present-day Syria, to the army of the Mamluk sultan Baybars. 1904 – France and the United Kingdom signed the Entente Cordiale, agreeing to a peaceful coexistence after centuries of intermittent conflict. 1911 – American cartoonist Winsor McCay released the silent short film Little Nemo (featured), one of the earliest animated films. 1933 – The Australian state of Western Australia voted to secede from the federation, but efforts to implement the result proved to be unsuccessful. 1973 – The Progress Party was founded in a movie theater in Oslo, Norway. Caracalla (d. 217)Mary Dee (b. 1912)Christof May (b. 1973)TBJZL (b. 1993) More anniversaries: April 7 April 8 April 9 Archive By email List of days of the year About