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* The [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Peri Brown]] and [[Erimem]] visited the [[United States of America|United States]] as the [[American Civil War]] was drawing to a close. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood and Hope]]'') | * The [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Peri Brown]] and [[Erimem]] visited the [[United States of America|United States]] as the [[American Civil War]] was drawing to a close. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood and Hope]]'') | ||
* [[9 April|9]] - The Fifth Doctor prevented [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] was being [[Assassination|assassinated]] in [[Richmond]], [[Virginia]] by [[Aaron Eddowes]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood and Hope (novel)|Blood and Hope]]'') | * [[9 April|9]] - The Fifth Doctor prevented [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] was being [[Assassination|assassinated]] in [[Richmond]], [[Virginia]] by [[Aaron Eddowes]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood and Hope (novel)|Blood and Hope]]'') | ||
* [[14 April|14]] - Lincoln | * [[14 April|14]] - Lincoln is mortally wounded in [[Ford's Theatre]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] by [[John Wilkes Booth]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Assassin in the Limelight (audio story)|Assassin in the Limelight]]'') | ||
* [[15 April|15]] -Lincoln dies the next day from his gunshot wound. | |||
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* [[Ian Chesterton]]'s paternal great-grandfather Major William "Will" Chesterton had been transferred from [[India]] to [[China]] by this year. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eleventh Tiger (novel)|The Eleventh Tiger]]'') | * [[Ian Chesterton]]'s paternal great-grandfather Major William "Will" Chesterton had been transferred from [[India]] to [[China]] by this year. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eleventh Tiger (novel)|The Eleventh Tiger]]'') | ||
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In 1865, the American Civil War ended and Abraham Lincoln, the President of the United States, was assassinated.
Events
April
- The Fifth Doctor, Peri Brown and Erimem visited the United States as the American Civil War was drawing to a close. (PROSE: Blood and Hope)
- 9 - The Fifth Doctor prevented U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was being assassinated in Richmond, Virginia by Aaron Eddowes. (PROSE: Blood and Hope)
- 14 - Lincoln is mortally wounded in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. by John Wilkes Booth. (AUDIO: Assassin in the Limelight)
- 15 -Lincoln dies the next day from his gunshot wound.
Unknown dates
- The First Doctor, Vicki Pallister, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright visited China. (PROSE: The Eleventh Tiger)
- The first transatlantic telegraph cables were laid by Lord Kelvin. (PROSE: Evolution)
- American gunfighter and lawman Wild Bill Hickok (1837-1876) reached the height of his notoriety. In the 20th century, he would be commemorated as a folk and western movie hero. In 1999, an employee of a hospital in San Francisco obtained a Wild Bill Hickok costume to wear at a New Year's Eve party. It was appropriated by the newly regenerated Eighth Doctor, who adopted it as his standard mode of dress. (TV: Doctor Who)
- Ian Chesterton's paternal great-grandfather Major William "Will" Chesterton had been transferred from India to China by this year. (PROSE: The Eleventh Tiger)
