1959

Doctor Who Universe

 * A Nostalgia Tours tourist vessel carrying predominantly Navarino travelled to Earth, Disneyland but landed at a Welsh holiday camp, carrying in addition to the Navarinos the last of the Chimeron, fleeing the Bannermen. (DW: Delta and the Bannermen)
 * Edgar Nelson-Stanley and his wife kill one of the 3 Gorgons. (SJA: Eye of the Gorgon)
 * Circa this date, aliens landed on the Moon and tried to contact Earth, requesting a exchange of information. The American government intercepted the message and began preparations for a Moon landing to meet them. (WC: Blue Moon)
 * Rock n Roll singers The Big Bopper Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly were killed in a plane crash The Doctor  heard it on the radio while he was in 1959.

November

 * 14 - Paul McGann, who played the Eighth Doctor, is born in Liverpool, England.