1934

May	Science Fiction League announced in Wonder Stories.
October 27	LA fans organize SFL chapter which will become LASFS
December	PSFS organized as a chapter of the SFL by Milt Rothman
	Start of the First Staple War

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Births and Deaths:

Alan Dodd - Alan Garner - Alasdair Gray - Andy Offutt - Arnim Seielstad - Baird Searles - Barry Hughart - Beverly Friend - Bob Johnson - Brian Burgess - Brian Lewis - Carl Sagan - Carolyn Hickman - Charles Fort - Chris Steinbrunner - Con Pederson - Dan McCarthy - Darrell K. Sweet - Del Close - Diana Wynne Jones - Doreen Webbert - Dorothea Keller - Eddie Jones - Felice Rolfe - Fern Tucker - Fred Hunter - Gene DeWeese - George R. Fox - Gray Morrow - Gregg Calkins - H. Bruce Franklin - Hank Reinhardt - Harlan Ellison - Jim Broderick - Joe Patrizio - Joel Davis - John Brunner - John Cramer - John Magnus - Jon D. Swartz - Judy Blish - Kathryn Lindskoog - Lois Newman - Marlene Broderick - Merv Binns - Nancy Moore - Neil Barron - Peter Hamilton - Philip Castora - Piers Anthony - Robert F. Jones - Thorne Smith - W. Paul Ganley

Convention series started or ended:

Onetime conventions:

Bids:

Publications started or ended:

Amazing Stories Quarterly - Lincoln SFL Doings - Marvel Tales - Terror Tales - The Battle That Ended the Century - The Magic Carpet - The Phantagraph - Unusual Stories

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

PSFS - SPWSSTFM - Science Fiction League

Fanhistory:

A History of Fandom in 100 Documents - First Staple War - Report of the 196th Convention

New fanspeak coined:

Miscellaneous:

Solar Sales Service

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Asia:

Australia:

Merv Binns

Britain:

Alan Dodd - Alan Garner - Alasdair Gray - Brian Burgess - Brian Lewis - Diana Wynne Jones - Eddie Jones - Fred Hunter - Joe Patrizio - John Brunner - Peter Hamilton

Canada:

Europe:

Ireland:

New Zealand:

Dan McCarthy

US:

Amazing Stories Quarterly - Andy Offutt - Arnim Seielstad - Baird Searles - Barry Hughart - Beverly Friend - Bob Johnson - Carl Sagan - Carolyn Hickman - Charles Fort - Chris Steinbrunner - Con Pederson - Darrell K. Sweet - Del Close - Doreen Webbert - Dorothea Keller - Felice Rolfe - Fern Tucker - Gene DeWeese - George R. Fox - Gray Morrow - Gregg Calkins - H. Bruce Franklin - Hank Reinhardt - Harlan Ellison - Jim Broderick - Joel Davis - John Cramer - John Magnus - Jon D. Swartz - Judy Blish - Kathryn Lindskoog - Lincoln SFL Doings - Lois Newman - Marlene Broderick - Marvel Tales - Nancy Moore - Neil Barron - PSFS - Philip Castora - Piers Anthony - Robert F. Jones - SPWSSTFM - Sidewise in Time - Terror Tales - The Battle That Ended the Century - The Magic Carpet - The Phantagraph - Thorne Smith - Unusual Stories - W. Paul Ganley

Rest of the World:

Gregg Calkins