1936

January	First Tucker death hoax.
March	First issue of Novae Terrae.
June 11	Robert E. Howard commits suicide.
October 22	First Convention in Philadelphia.
December 11	Newly crowned U.K. King Edward VIII abdicates.
Late	End of First Fandom and start of First Transition (Numerical Fandoms).
	Harry Warner, Jr.'s first LoC (to ASF).

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Births and Deaths:

Anne Cox - Arsen Darnay - Bill Courval - Bruce Pelz - Dave Van Ronk - Dave Wood - David A. Hardy - David Hulan - Dennis N. Smith - Don Ivan Punchatz - Don Lundry - Dorothy Amlin - Doug Chaffee - Ed Meskys - Fred Chappell - George Flynn - George Locke - Gordon Benson, Jr. - J. Martin Graetz - Jim Odbert - John Robert Colombo - John Trimble - John Uri Lloyd - Ken Cheslin - M. R. James - Margaret Mahy - Marge Piercy - Michael W. Waite - Paul Turner - Richard L. Tierney - Robert E. Howard - Robert Thurston - Ron Smith - Rudyard Kipling - Sally Dunn - Sandy Cutrell - Sharon Webb - Suzette Haden Elgin - Tom Purdom - William A. Dyson - Wolfgang Jeschke

Convention series started or ended:

Early Conventions - Philcon

Onetime conventions:

Bids:

Publications started or ended:

Fanciful Tales of Time and Space - Fantasy Fiction Telegram - Flabbergasting Stories - Novae Terrae - Phantasy World - Science Fantasy Correspondent - Science Fiction Collector - Science Fiction News - SupraMundane Stories - Tesseract - The Dragon-Fly - The Fantasy World - The Science Fiction Fan - The Witch's Tales - Thrilling Wonder Stories

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

ILSF - Manchester Interplanetary Society

Fanhistory:

A History of Fandom in 100 Documents - Early Conventions - First Convention - First Staple War - Which Was the First SF Convention?

New fanspeak coined:

Sense of Wonder

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Ron Smith

Britain:

Dave Wood - David A. Hardy - George Locke - Ken Cheslin - M. R. James - Manchester Interplanetary Society - Novae Terrae - Rudyard Kipling - Which Was the First SF Convention? - William A. Dyson

Canada:

John Robert Colombo - SupraMundane Stories

Europe:

Arsen Darnay - Wolfgang Jeschke

Ireland:

New Zealand:

Margaret Mahy

US:

Anne Cox - Bill Courval - Bruce Pelz - Dave Van Ronk - David Hulan - Dennis N. Smith - Don Ivan Punchatz - Don Lundry - Dorothy Amlin - Doug Chaffee - Ed Meskys - Fanciful Tales of Time and Space - Fantasy Fiction Telegram - First Convention - Flabbergasting Stories - Fred Chappell - George Flynn - Gordon Benson, Jr. - ILSF - J. Martin Graetz - Jim Odbert - John Trimble - John Uri Lloyd - Marge Piercy - Michael W. Waite - Paul Turner - Phantasy World - Philcon - Richard L. Tierney - Robert E. Howard - Robert Thurston - Ron Smith - Sally Dunn - Sandy Cutrell - Science Fantasy Correspondent - Science Fiction Collector - Science Fiction News - Sharon Webb - Suzette Haden Elgin - Tesseract - The Dragon-Fly - The Fantasy World - The Science Fiction Fan - The Witch's Tales - Thrilling Wonder Stories - Tom Purdom - Which Was the First SF Convention?

Rest of the World: