1865

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)