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* The [[First Doctor]], [[Vicki Pallister]], [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] visited [[China]]. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Eleventh Tiger]]'') | * The [[First Doctor]], [[Vicki Pallister]], [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] visited [[China]]. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Eleventh Tiger]]'') | ||
* [[America]] | * [[United States of America|American]] [[President of the United States|President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] was assassinated by [[John Wilkes Booth]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'', [[BFA]]: ''[[Assassin in the Limelight]]'') | ||
* The first transatlantic [[telegraph]] cables were laid by [[Lord Kelvin]]. ([[MA]]: ''[[Evolution (novel)|Evolution]]'') | * The first transatlantic [[telegraph]] cables were laid by [[Lord Kelvin]]. ([[MA]]: ''[[Evolution (novel)|Evolution]]'') | ||
Revision as of 01:54, 9 February 2012
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Events
- April: The Fifth Doctor, Peri Brown and Erimem visited the United States as the American Civil War was drawing to a close. (TN: Blood and Hope)
- The First Doctor, Vicki Pallister, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright visited China. (PDA: The Eleventh Tiger)
- American President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. (NA: Christmas on a Rational Planet, BFA: Assassin in the Limelight)
- The first transatlantic telegraph cables were laid by Lord Kelvin. (MA: 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. (DW: Doctor Who)
