<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_D'Arcy_McGee" id="mwoA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thomas D'Arcy McGee">Thomas D'Arcy McGee</a>, one of the Canadian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathers_of_Confederation" id="mwoQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fathers of Confederation">Fathers of Confederation</a>, is assassinated by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenian" id="mwog" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fenian">Fenian</a> activist.