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== Events ==
===[[Doctor Who Universe]] ===
====Dates unknown====
* The last [[Witchcraft Act]] is repealed in  [[Great Britain]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'').
*The [[radio telescope]] is invented ([[DW]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'').
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Ace]] attend the Festival of Britain ([[NA]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus]]'')
* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] also passes through the Festival ([[NA]]: ''[[Endgame]]'')

====Late Spring====
* between [[20th April]] and [[20th May]] - birth of [[Sarah Jane Smith]], [[companion]] of the [[Third Doctor|Third]] and [[Fourth Doctor]]s.  ([[SJA]]: ''[[Secrets of the Stars]]'' reveals that she is a Taurus; birth year is given in [[SJA]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]''.)

==== August ====
*[[18th August |18]] - [[Eddie Smith|Eddie]] and [[Barbara Smith]], parents of Sarah Jane, die in a car accident. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'')

===Real World ===
==== [[April]] ====
* [[13th April |13]] - [[Peter Davison]], who portrayed [[Fifth Doctor]] is born as Peter Moffett at Streatham, [[London]].
* [[20th April |20]] - [[Louise Jameson]], who portrayed [[companion]] [[Leela]], is born at Wanstead, [[London]].

==== [[June]] ====
* [[28th June |28]] - [[Lalla Ward]], who portrayed [[Astra of Atrios|Princess Astra]] and [[Romana II|the second incarnation]] of [[companion]] [[Romana]] is born Lady Sarah Ward, daughter of Lord Bangor, in [[London]]. 

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