Timeline December 1893

Events in December 1893 4

• 1820 – 1893 John Tyndall (1820-1893) Died 4 December 1893, aged 73 Irish-born British physicist known for explaining why the sky is blue, a phenomenon named the Tyndall effect. He died from an accidental overdose of chloral hydrate administered by his wife.
• 1893 Sherlock Holmes killed off in "The Final Problem" Arthur Conan Doyle ends his detective series at Reichenbach Falls Arthur Conan Doyle published "The Final Problem" in The Strand Magazine, depicting Sherlock Holmes apparently dying in a struggle with Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls. Public outcry over Holmes's death eventually led Conan Doyle to revive the character years later.
• 1893 Dvorak's "New World" Symphony premieres Symphony No. 9 debuts at Carnegie Hall Antonin Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World," premiered in New York under conductor Anton Seidl. Composed during Dvorak's stay in the United States, it drew on African American spirituals and Native American melodies and became one of the most performed symphonies ever written.
• 1893 – 1976 Mao Zedong (1893-1976) Died 9 September 1976, aged 82 Mao Zedong, the founding leader of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, died in Beijing. He had led China through the Communist revolution, the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, shaping the country for nearly three decades. His death was followed within weeks by the arrest of the Gang of Four and the end of the Cultural Revolution.