1945

February 3–4	Boskone IV.
March	Amazing publishes "I remember Lemuria," initiating the infamous Shaver Mystery.
March	VAPA formed.
July 7–8	1945 Michiconference.
August 14	V-J Day: End of World War II
Labor Day	No Worldcon held.
September 2	Boskone V.
September 15	Atom-Noak, the first Swedish sf club founded.
December	ESFA founded, though not yet with that name.
	Futurians disbanded.
	The National Fantasy Fan first published (replacing Bonfire).

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Births and Deaths:

Alden Ackerman - Amy Wolfthal - Angus Taylor - Bertil Mårtensson - Bill Bridget - Bruce Henstell - Charles Platt - Charles Williams - Connie Willis - D. West - David Drake - Dean R. Koontz - delphyne joan woods - Denny Lien - E. R. Eddison - Earl Kay - Ed Bryant - Eileen Gunn - Elizabeth Moon - Fred Lerner - Gay Haldeman - George Zebrowski - Gordon Eklund - Ian Stewart - Jack Dann - Jack Gonzalez - James Turner - Jean Marie Stine - Jim Corrick - Joe Pumilia - Joe Ross - Jon Gustafson - Joy Chant - Karl Edward Wagner - Kate Wadey - Katherine Neville - Kennedy Poyser - Kristina Hallind - Laniac - Larry Montgomery - Larry Nielson - Larry Propp - Lee Eastman - Lois Lavender - M. John Harrison - Malcolm Jameson - Mark Owings - Mary Reed - Mats Linder - Michael Bishop - Michael Walsh - Mike Ward - Miles J. Breuer - Oyvind Myhre - Peder Carlsson - Peggy Rae Sapienza - Philip H. Turner - Rachel Pollack - Raymond E. Feist - Rich Dengrove - Richard A. Hauptmann - Rob Chilson - Robert Calvert - Ron Bounds - Sam Long - Susan Petrey - Tom Ölander - Vincent Di Fate - Warren Norwood - Whitley Streiber - Yvonne Rousseau

Convention series started or ended:

Michiconference - Norcon

Onetime conventions:

Bids:

Publications started or ended:

A Checklist of Fantasy Magazines - AAGH! - Ad Infinitum - After Ten Years -- A Tribute to Stanley G. Weinbaum - Afterthoughts - Allegory - BT -- His Pages - Banshee - Because of Circumstances Beyond - Beowulf - Booklist - British Fantasy Society Bulletin - Browsing - Caliban - Centauri - Chaos - Creep, Shadow! - Destiny's Child - Directory of Anglo-Fandom - Discrete - Falling Petals - Fandom on Parade - Fantasite - Fantasy Jackpot - Fantasy Review - Fanzine Readers Review - Four Fingers - Futurian War Digest - GAPA Vanguard - Gemini - Heeling Error - High Points - Highpoints - Immortal Storm - Introducing 'Dunk--' - It - Janus - Joe's Jottings - K'taogm-m - Laniac - Leprechaun - Luna Pono - Mac's GI Journal - McSnoyd's Bulletin - Nonesuch - Number - Phantasphere - Renascence - Sappho - Science Fiction Newsletter - Stefantasy - Stefnews - Take-Off! - Tellus - Temper - The Alden Press - The G.A.P.A Vanguard - The Science-Fiction World - The Scientifictionist - The Southern Star - The TinCan Wonder - Three Fingers - Toward Tomorrow - Tumbrils - Twilight Echoes - Utopia - V-R Record Review - Vampire - Voice - Wee Tome Tipper - X Document

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

The Arisians - ESFA - Galactic Roamers - SI/ASFA

Fanhistory:

Immortal Storm - X Document

New fanspeak coined:

Tuckerization

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Jack Dann - Yvonne Rousseau

Britain:

Booklist - British Fantasy Society Bulletin - Browsing - Charles Platt - Charles Williams - D. West - Directory of Anglo-Fandom - E. R. Eddison - Futurian War Digest - Gemini - Ian Stewart - Joy Chant - M. John Harrison - Mary Reed - Nonesuch - Norcon - Philip H. Turner - Robert Calvert

Canada:

Angus Taylor - Michael Walsh - Voice

Europe:

Bertil Mårtensson - Kristina Hallind - Mats Linder - Oyvind Myhre - Peder Carlsson - Rachel Pollack - Tom Ölander

Ireland:

New Zealand:

US:

1945 Michiconference - A Checklist of Fantasy Magazines - AAGH! - Ad Infinitum - After Ten Years -- A Tribute to Stanley G. Weinbaum - Afterthoughts - Alden Ackerman - Allegory - Amy Wolfthal - The Arisians - BT -- His Pages - Banshee - Because of Circumstances Beyond - Beowulf - Bill Bridget - Boskone IV - Boskone V - Bruce Henstell - Caliban - Centauri - Chaos - Charles Platt - Connie Willis - Creep, Shadow! - David Drake - Dean R. Koontz - delphyne joan woods - Denny Lien - Destiny's Child - Discrete - ESFA - Earl Kay - Ed Bryant - Eileen Gunn - Elizabeth Moon - Falling Petals - Fandom on Parade - Fantasite - Fantasy Jackpot - Fantasy Review - Fanzine Readers Review - Four Fingers - Fred Lerner - GAPA Vanguard - Galactic Roamers - Gay Haldeman - George Zebrowski - Gordon Eklund - Heeling Error - High Points - Highpoints - Immortal Storm - Introducing 'Dunk--' - It - Jack Dann - Jack Gonzalez - James Turner - Janus - Jean Marie Stine - Jim Corrick - Joe Pumilia - Joe Ross - Joe's Jottings - Jon Gustafson - K'taogm-m - Karl Edward Wagner - Kate Wadey - Katherine Neville - Kennedy Poyser - Laniac - Larry Montgomery - Larry Nielson - Larry Propp - Lee Eastman - Leprechaun - Lois Lavender - Luna Pono - Mac's GI Journal - Malcolm Jameson - Mark Owings - Mary Reed - McSnoyd's Bulletin - Michael Bishop - Michiconference - Mike Ward - Miles J. Breuer - Number - Peggy Rae Sapienza - Phantasphere - Rachel Pollack - Raymond E. Feist - Renascence - Rich Dengrove - Richard A. Hauptmann - Rob Chilson - Ron Bounds - SI/ASFA - Sam Long - Sappho - Science Fiction Newsletter - Stefantasy - Stefnews - Susan Petrey - Take-Off! - Tellus - Temper - The Alden Press - The G.A.P.A Vanguard - The Science-Fiction World - The Scientifictionist - The Southern Star - The TinCan Wonder - Three Fingers - Toward Tomorrow - Tumbrils - Twilight Echoes - Utopia - V-R Record Review - VAPA - Vampire - Vincent Di Fate - Warren Norwood - Wee Tome Tipper - Whitley Streiber - X Document

Rest of the World: