8 December

On 8 December 1926, the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble met Agatha Christie. Agatha went missing for the next ten days. (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp)

In 1980, John Lennon was assassinated by Mark David Chapman in New York City. (PROSE: The Left-Handed Hummingbird)

In 6064, Sir Lee Marks died, starting a minor power struggle over who would be his successor as the head of the charitable Ellershaw Foundation. (PROSE: Heritage)