1948

March	The house in LA which was occupied by the members of the original Battle Creek slan shack is torn down
early	CSFA formed
May 15-16 (Whitsun)	Whitcon, the first Eastercon, held
July 3	Torcon (Worldcon)
September 5, Labor Day	First Westercon held in Los Angeles
October	Outlander Society founded
November	Slant by Walt Willis begins publication
	Little Men formed (probably, though it may have been 1949)
	Toronto Science Fiction Society founded
	The Checklist of Fantastic Literature by Everett F. Bleiler published
	South Gate in '58 bid started by Rick Sneary
	Ottawa Science Fiction Society founded

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Births and Deaths:

Ann Chancellor - Bernie Wrightson - Cliff Amos - David Gemmell - Don Cook - Francis Stevens - George "Lan" Laskowski - George Alec Effinger - George Inzer - Hans Wesso - Howard Rosenblum - Jeanne Robinson - Kathleen Meyer - Larry Tucker - Lynn Abbey - Mat Irvine - Peggy Ranson - Rick Shelley - Robert Holdstock - Robert Jordan - Robert Reginald - Rodney Leighton - Sally A. Syrjala - Steven Utley - Susan Wood - Terry Pratchett - Vonda N. McIntyre - W. Paul Cook

Convention series started or ended:

Canadian Worldcons - Eastercon - N. Y. Conclave - Westercon

Onetime conventions:

Bids:

Milwaukee in 1948 - Toronto in 1948

Publications started or ended:

Adzine - Brillig - Fanomena - Fantasy Collector - Fate Magazine - Loki - Macabre - Masque - Neophyte - Peon - Science Fantasy News - Science Fiction Advertiser - Science, Fantasy, and Science Fiction - Scientifantasy - Sky Hook - Slant - The Fantasy Collector - Triton - Tympany - Yellum

Publishers founded or closed:

UQP

Awards made, started or ended:

1948 Retro Hugos

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

CSFA - Ottawa Science Fiction Society - SF International - Vampire Society

Fan History:

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

UQP

Britain:

David Gemmell - Eastercon - Howard Rosenblum - Mat Irvine - Robert Holdstock - Science Fantasy News - Terry Pratchett - Whitcon

Canada:

CSFA - Canadian Worldcons - Jeanne Robinson - Macabre - Ottawa Science Fiction Society - Rodney Leighton - Susan Wood - Torcon - Torcon I - Toronto in 1948

Europe:

SF International

Ireland:

Slant

New Zealand:

US:

1948 Fantasy Annual - 1948 Open ESFA - Adzine - Ann Chancellor - Bernie Wrightson - Brillig - Cliff Amos - Don Cook - Fanomena - Fantasy Collector - Fate Magazine - Francis Stevens - George "Lan" Laskowski - George Alec Effinger - George Inzer - Hans Wesso - Kathleen Meyer - Larry Tucker - Lensman saga - Loki - Lynn Abbey - Masque - Milwaukee in 1948 - N. Y. Conclave - Neophyte - Peggy Ranson - Peon - Phillycon 1948 - Rick Shelley - Robert Jordan - Robert Reginald - Sally A. Syrjala - Science Fiction Advertiser - Science, Fantasy, and Science Fiction - Scientifantasy - Sky Hook - Steven Utley - The Checklist of Fantastic Literature - The Fantasy Collector - Triton - Tympany - Vampire Society - Vonda N. McIntyre - W. Paul Cook - Westercon - Westercon 1 - Yellum

Rest of the World: