1893

December

 * 20 - Bottle factory owner Nathaniel Seers undergoes a sudden change of personality. He callously sacks an employee who suffers an injury at the factory instead of showing his usual compassion and philanthropy. Events in the following month will reveal that Seers has in fact been killed and replaced by a Zygon. (EDA: The Bodysnatchers)


 * 25 - The Sherlock Holmes story "The Final Problem," by Arthur Conan Doyle, first appears in the Christmas issue of The Strand. (EDA: The Bodysnatchers'')