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In '''1865''', the [[American Civil War]] ended and [[Abraham Lincoln]], the [[President of the United States]], was [[Assassination|assassinated]]. | |||
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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 was assassinated in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. by John Wilkes Booth. (AUDIO: Assassin in the Limelight)
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)
