1938

April 10	The Second British Convention in London
May 29	Newark Convention aka Fourth Eastern aka First National held
May-June	Divisive FAPA Campaign
September 18	Futurians hold first meeting
October 17	Philadelphia Conference
October 17	End of Second Fandom and start of Second Transition (Numerical Fandoms) (at Philadelphia Conference)
November	First issue of Harry Warner's Spaceways

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Births and Deaths:

Bill Harry - Bill Peterson - Bob Null - Chuck Crayne - Djinn Faine - Don Simpson - Doris Pitkin Buck - Ed Cagle - Ernest N. Posey - Gary Gygax - Georges Méliès - Grant Carrington - Jane Ellern - Jean Lorrah - Jim Groves - Jim Steranko - Joanne Burger - Joel Nydahl - John Ashcroft - Justin Leiber - Karel Čapek - Larry Niven - Mark Irwin - Marty Helgesen - Michael Kurland - Michael Sheard - Mike Sinclair - Miriam Carr - Ned Brooks - Owen M. Hannifen - Patricia Fanthorpe - Ralph Bakshi - Richard Schultz - Ron Ellik - Russell Miller - Ted Reynolds - Ted White - Trina Robbins

Convention series started or ended:

Onetime conventions:

Second British Convention

Bids:

Publications started or ended:

Action Comics - Amateur Science Stories - Amazing Wonder Tales - Cosmos - Cosmos - Different - Fantasy Fiction Telegram - Fantasy Herald - Fantasy Magazine (UK) - Fantasy-News - Full Length Articles - Futurian News - Helios - Imagination! - Just Things - Le Vombiteur - Le Vombiteur Literaire - Le Zombie - Leaves - Marvel Science Stories - Mikros - New Fandom - Novacious - Queer Tales - Ramblings - Report of the Second Convention and Annual General Meeting - S-F Dividend - Science Fiction Advance - Science Fiction Advertiser - Science Fiction Critic - Scienti-Snaps - Scientific Thinker - Space-Lines Inc. - Spaceways - Stf and Nonsense - SupraMundane Stories - Sustaining Program - Technocrat - The British Scientifiction Fantasy Review - The Convention Crier - The Futurian - The Meteor - The Nucleus - The Reader and Collector - The Satellite - The Science Fiction Circular - Tomorrow - Unique Tales - Van Houten Says - Way Out West - Yearbook of Science Fiction

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

AFA - GNYSFL - ISA - New Fandom - Outsider's Club - SF Poets' Guild - Second Fandom

Fanhistory:

A History of Fandom in 100 Documents - Barbarian Invasion - Cosmic Publications - IPO - ISA - Sacred Order of FooFoo - Second Fandom

New fanspeak coined:

Barbarian Invasion - Gafia - Sacred Order of FooFoo

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Britain:

Amateur Science Stories - Bill Harry - Cosmos - Fantasy Magazine (UK) - Jim Groves - John Ashcroft - Michael Sheard - Patricia Fanthorpe - Report of the Second Convention and Annual General Meeting - Russell Miller - Second British Convention - Second Fandom - The British Scientifiction Fantasy Review - The Flat - The Futurian - The Satellite - Tomorrow

Canada:

SupraMundane Stories

Europe:

Georges Méliès - Karel Čapek

Ireland:

New Zealand:

US:

1938 Philadelphia Conference - AFA - Action Comics - Amazing Wonder Tales - Bill Peterson - Bob Null - Chuck Crayne - Cosmic Publications - Cosmos - Different - Djinn Faine - Don Simpson - Doris Pitkin Buck - Ed Cagle - Ernest N. Posey - Fantasy Fiction Telegram - Fantasy Herald - Fantasy-News - Flatbush Artery - Full Length Articles - Futurian News - GNYSFL - Gary Gygax - Grant Carrington - Helios - ISA - Imagination! - Jane Ellern - Jean Lorrah - Jim Steranko - Joanne Burger - Joel Nydahl - Just Things - Justin Leiber - Larry Niven - Le Vombiteur - Le Vombiteur Literaire - Le Zombie - Leaves - Mark Irwin - Marty Helgesen - Marvel Science Stories - Michael Kurland - Mike Sinclair - Mikros - Miriam Carr - Ned Brooks - New Fandom - Newark Convention - Novacious - Outsider's Club - Owen M. Hannifen - Queer Tales - Ralph Bakshi - Ramblings - Richard Schultz - Ron Ellik - S-F Dividend - SF Poets' Guild - Science Fiction Advance - Science Fiction Advertiser - Science Fiction Critic - Science Fiction Internationale - Scienti-Snaps - Scientific Thinker - Second Fandom - Space-Lines Inc. - Spaceways - Stf and Nonsense - Sustaining Program - Technocrat - Ted Reynolds - Ted White - The Convention Crier - The Meteor - The Nucleus - The Reader and Collector - The Science Fiction Circular - Trina Robbins - Unique Tales - Van Houten Says - Way Out West - Yearbook of Science Fiction

Rest of the World: