2006

Easter	Concussion (Eastercon).
April 21–23	First RavenCon held.
July 6	rich brown (aka Dr. Gafia) dies.
August 23–27	L.A.con IV (Worldcon).
August 24	Pluto demoted from planet to dwarf.
October 6	Bob Tucker dies.
December 22	Dick Eney, Fancyclopedia 2 editor, dies.
	Bridget Bradshaw TAFF trip.
	FFANZ: Barbara & Peter Clendon.

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Births and Deaths:

Audrey Clinton - Bob Leman - Bob Schoenfeld - Bob Tucker - Brian Burley - Charles L. Grant - Cynthia McQuillin - Darrell C. Richardson - Dave Cockrum - David Feintuch - David Gemmell - David Shockley - Dick Eney - Ed Clinton - Fern Tucker - Frances Alberti Sykora - Gil Stuart - Gytha North - Helen Wesson - Howard Miller - Jack Coggins - Jack Williamson - Jerry G. Bails - Jim Baen - John M. Ford - Judith Ward - Kenneth Faig - Leon E. Stover - Liese van Santen - Nelson Bond - Nigel Kneale - Octavia E. Butler - Philip Strick - rich brown - Richard Koogle - Ron Bennett - Ron Clyne - Stanislaw Lem - Stanley Meltzoff - Sydney Bounds - Tom Pinckard

Convention series started or ended:

2BeContinued - AICon - Conclave - Fandomedia - Imagicon - Liburnicon - Pi-Con - RavenCon - Toronto Trek Celebration

Onetime conventions:

Frolicon - Last Guest Con

Bids:

Dallas in 2006 - LA in 2006 - San Diego in 2006

Publications started or ended:

Agent Provacative - Argosy - Catchpenny Gazette - Clarkesworld - Collector - E'ch Pi El - EOD Letter - Fafia - Harrison Country - IShoes - Lovecraft's Pillow - Pixel - Procrastinations - Rotating Moderator - Science Fiction Chronicle - Science-Fiction Five-Yearly - StarShipSofa - The Bleary Eyes - The Thunder Child - Twenty-three Skidoo - Zoo Nation

Publishers founded or closed:

NewCon Press

Awards made, started or ended:

2006 Hugos - Dwarf Stars Award - Parsec Awards - Southeastern SF Achievement Awards

Stores opened or closed:

Dangerous Visions

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Aberdeen University Science Fiction and Fantasy Society - Chicago Worldcon Bid

Fanhistory:

New fanspeak coined:

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Helen Wesson - Ron Bennett

Australia:

AICon - Conflux 3 - Conjure - Continuum 4 - Fandomedia - Fandomedia 2006 - Swancon 2006

Britain:

1812Tone - Aberdeen University Science Fiction and Fantasy Society - Agent Provacative - ArmadaCon 18 - Concussion - David Gemmell - Discworld Convention 2006 - E'ch Pi El - FantasyCon 2006 - Gytha North - IShoes - Liese van Santen - Microcon 26 - NewCon Press - Nigel Kneale - Novacon 36 - Oxonmoot 2006 - Philip Strick - Picocon 23 - plokta.con pi - Procrastinations - Ron Bennett - StarShipSofa - Sydney Bounds - The Bleary Eyes - Zoo Nation

Canada:

Ad Astra 25 - Boréal 2006 - Con*Cept 2006 - Con-Version 22 - Corflu 23 - FilKONtario 16 - Keycon 23 - Toronto Trek 14 - Toronto Trek 20 - Toronto Trek Celebration - VCON 31

Europe:

ConVentus - Fantasticon 2006 - FilkContinental 2006 - Finncon 2006 - Imagicon - Imagicon 1 - Liburnicon - Norcon 20 - Portal - Stanislaw Lem

Ireland:

MeCon 9 - Octocon 2006 - P-Con III

New Zealand:

Conclave - Conclave 1

US:

1Pi-Con - 2BeContinued - 2BeContinued 5 - AggieCon XXXVII - Albacon 2006 - Apollocon 2006 - Arcana 36 - Archon 30 - Argosy - Arisia '06 - ArmadilloCon 28 - Astronomicon 2006 - Audrey Clinton - Balticon 40 - Baycon 2006 - Bob Leman - Bob Schoenfeld - Bob Tucker - Boskone 43 - Brian Burley - Bubonicon 38 - CONduit 16 - COSine 2006 - Capclave 2006 - Capricon 26 - Catchpenny Gazette - ChambanaCon 36 - Charles L. Grant - Chattacon XXXI - Chicago Worldcon Bid - Clarkesworld - Coastcon 29 - Collector - Con*Stellation XXV - ConCertino '06 - ConClave XXXI - ConComCon 13 - ConDFW V - ConDor XIII - ConQuesT 37 - Concave 27 - Conestoga 10 - Confluence 2006 - Conglomeration 2006 - Consonance 2006 - Context 19 - Convivial 1 - Conzilla - CopperCon 26 - Costume-Con 24 - Cynthia McQuillin - Dallas in 2006 - Dangerous Visions - Darkover Grand Council 29 - Darrell C. Richardson - Dave Cockrum - David Feintuch - David Shockley - DeepSouthCon 44 - DemiCon 17 - Dick Eney - Diversicon 14 - DucKon XV - Dwarf Stars Award - EOD Letter - Ed Clinton - EerieCon 8 - Fafia - Farmercon I - FenCon III - Fern Tucker - Foolscap VIII - Frances Alberti Sykora - Frolicon - GAFilk 8 - Genericon XIX - Gil Stuart - Harrison Country - Heinlein's Children - Helen Wesson - Howard Miller - I-Con XXV - ICFA 27 - ICON 31 - InConJunction XXVI - Jack Coggins - Jack Williamson - Jerry G. Bails - Jim Baen - John M. Ford - Judith Ward - Kenneth Faig - L.A.con IV - LA a Note to Follow So - LA in 2006 - Last Guest Con - Leon E. Stover - LepreCon 32 - LibertyCon 19 - Life, the Universe, & Everything 24 - Loscon 33 - Lovecraft's Pillow - Lunacon 49 - Marcon 41 - MarsCon 2006 - MidSouthCon 24 - Midwestcon 57 - MileHiCon 38 - Millennicon 20 - Mini-con - Minicon 41 - MisCon 20 - Mythcon XXXVII - Necon 26 - Necronomicon '06 - Nelson Bond - NonCon 6 - Norwescon XXIX - OASIS 21 - OVFF 22 - Octavia E. Butler - Odyssey Con VI - OryCon 28 - Parsec Awards - Philcon 2006 - Pi-Con - Pixel - Potlatch 15 - Pulpcon 35 - RadCon 4B - RavenCon - RavenCon 2006 - Readercon 17 - rich brown - Richard Koogle - Ron Clyne - Rotating Moderator - Rustycon 23 - San Diego in 2006 - Science Fiction Chronicle - Science-Fiction Five-Yearly - ShowMeCon 4 - Smofcon 24 - SoonerCon 2006 - Southeastern SF Achievement Awards - Stanley Meltzoff - StellarCon 30 - Synthetic ConFusion - The Fifth Conjecture - The Thunder Child - Tom Pinckard - TusCon 33 - Twenty-three Skidoo - Valleycon 32 - Vericon VI - WillyCon VIII - Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention 6 - WindyCon 33 - WisCon 30 - World Fantasy Convention 2006

Rest of the World: