22 November

Events

 * 1945 - James Stevens was born. Due to the time difference, he was technically born on 23 November in New Zealand.
 * 1948 - Francis Cleary was born. (MA: Who Killed Kennedy)
 * 1963 - President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by James Stevens, a journalist who had travelled from the future - specifically April 1996 - using a time ring. Stevens was the long-rumoured "man on the grassy knoll," who murdered the President to thwart the Master's plan to sabotage Earth's history and create a timeline in which UNIT and very possibly the Third Doctor never existed. (MA: Who Killed Kennedy)
 * The Ninth Doctor was in the crowd watching President Kennedy's motorcade drive by just before he was assassinated. A photograph that showed the Doctor among the spectators later found its way into Clive Finch's collection of files about the Doctor. (DW: Rose)

Behind the scenes

 * 1963 - Studio recording continued at BBC Lime Grove Studios on DW: The Daleks. Minutes before filming began, the cast and crew learned of the Kennedy assassination but decided to continue with the shooting as scheduled.


 * 1966 - Nicholas Rowe. who voiced Rivesh Mantilax in DW: Dreamland, was born.


 * 2007 - Verity Lambert, the series' first producer, died at the age of 71. It was five days short of her 72nd birthday.


 * 2010 - BFA: The Elite began recording.


 * 2011 - Series 6 was released on DVD, and Night and the Doctor with it.