1963

January 2	Julius Unger dies
January 5	Baltimore Science Fiction Society founded for the first time
Easter	Bullcon, First Doc Weir Award given out
June 23	Frank R. Paul dies
July	First DeepSouthCon
Labor Day	Discon (Worldcon)
October	First issue of Peter Weston's Zenith
November 29	Ray Van Houten dies
	Wally Weber TAFF trip
	Cambridge University SF Society formed
	Cheltenham Circle dissolves

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Births and Deaths:

Aldous Huxley - Andy Lane - Bob Richardson - Bruce Schneier - Burton Crane - C. S. Lewis - Cat Rambo - Catherine Butler - Cixin Liu - Dave Foley - Dave Mckean - David B. Coe - Frank R. Paul - Garth Nix - J. Gregory Keyes - Joel Lane - John Ringo - Julius Unger - Laurell K. Hamilton - Mark Clifton - Michael Chabon - Michelle Sagara - Nicholas Royle - Oscar J. Friend - Ralph Milne Farley - Ray Van Houten - Robert Pasternak - Thomas S. Gardner - Wen Spencer

Convention series started or ended:

DeepSouthCon

Onetime conventions:

Wilcon

Bids:

DC in 1963

Publications started or ended:

Ad Astra - Alien - Anglofanac - Chaos - Comics, Cinema, and Collecting - Compact - Curiosity Shoppe - Dark Star - Discon 1 Report - Eldritch Dream Quest - Enfocado - Fanac - Fantasy Fiction Field - Fantasy News - Farrago - Fringe - Gardyloo - Gormless - Haunted - Honneur Soit Qui Mal Y Pense - Light - Maelstrom - Magazine of Horror - Mein Ompf - Plain Psycho - Point of View - Quark - Scribble - Shadowfax - Smoke - Speculation - TAFF Progress Report - The Lindsay Report - Worlds of Tomorrow - Xero

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

1963 Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo - 1963 Best Fanzine Hugo - 1963 Best Novel Hugo - 1963 Best Professional Artist Hugo - 1963 Best Professional Magazine Hugo - 1963 Best Short Fiction Hugo - 1963 Hugos - Count Dracula Society Award - Doc Weir Award - Fan Awards Poll - First Fandom Hall of Fame

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Baltimore SF Forum - Cambridge University SF Society - Cheltenham Circle - Liverpool Group

Fan History:

Breendoggle - Convention Annual No. 3 - Dave Kyle's Discon I Reminiscence - Exclusion Act

Miscellaneous:

Doctor Who - TARDIS

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Asia:

Cixin Liu

Australia:

Garth Nix

Britain:

Aldous Huxley - Alien - Andy Lane - Anglofanac - Bob Richardson - Bullcon - C. S. Lewis - Cambridge University SF Society - Catherine Butler - Chaos - Cheltenham Circle - Compact - Dave Mckean - Doc Weir Award - Doctor Who - Eldritch Dream Quest - Enfocado - Fringe - Gormless - Joel Lane - Liverpool Group - Mein Ompf - Nicholas Royle - Plain Psycho - Point of View - Quark - Scribble - Smoke - The Lindsay Report

Canada:

Light - Michelle Sagara - Robert Pasternak

Europe:

Fanac

Ireland:

New Zealand:

US:

1963 Open ESFA - Ad Astra - Baltimore SF Forum - Breendoggle - Bruce Schneier - Burton Crane - Cat Rambo - Comics, Cinema, and Collecting - Convention Annual No. 3 - Count Dracula Society Award - Curiosity Shoppe - DC in 1963 - Dark Star - Dave Foley - David B. Coe - DeepSouthCon - DeepSouthCon 1 - Discon - Discon 1 Report - Dave Kyle's Discon I Reminiscence - Exclusion Act - Explorers of the Infinite - Fan Awards Poll - Fantasy Fiction Field - Fantasy News - Farrago - First Fandom Hall of Fame - Frank R. Paul - Gardyloo - Haunted - Honneur Soit Qui Mal Y Pense - J. Gregory Keyes - John Ringo - Julius Unger - Laurell K. Hamilton - Lunacon 7 - Maelstrom - Magazine of Horror - Mark Clifton - Michael Chabon - Oscar J. Friend - Philcon 1963 - Podkayne of Mars - Quark - Ralph Milne Farley - Ray Van Houten - Shadowfax - Speculation - TAFF Progress Report - The Proceedings Chicon III - Thomas S. Gardner - Way Station - Wen Spencer - Westercon 16 - Wilcon - Witch World - Worlds of Tomorrow - Xero

Rest of the World: