1944
| Easter | Eastercon |
| May 28 | The last Staplecon held |
| June 17-19 | Michicon 4 |
| Labor Day | No Worldcon held |
| October 7-9 | Little Chicon |
| December 17 | Jack Chalker born |
| Late | Fourth Fandom begins |
| Fancyclopedia 1 by Jack Speer published | |
| The beginning of the Shaver Mystery in a letter in Amazing | |
| Offices of Astounding are visited by FBI to see where they are getting this atomic bomb stuff. |
Births and Deaths:
Alan F. Beck - Annette Carrico - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Blake Maxam - Bruce Pennington - Carol Severance - Chris Boyce - Christopher Stasheff - Damien Broderick - Dave Locke - David Feintuch - David Gerrold - Donna Haraway - Eddy C. Bertin - Eleen Tackett - Fred Hemmings - George Lucas - Ginjer Buchanan - Glen Cook - Harvey Greenblatt - Hen Flanders - Jack Chalker - Jeff Jones - Jim Martin - Jon Bing - Katherine Kurtz - Molly Gloss - P. J. Plauger - Paul Freehafer - Phyllis Ann Karr - Richard C. West - Rick Katze - Roger C. Schlobin - Rowena Morrill - Stanley Schmidt - Terry Brooks - Vernor Vinge
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An Anonymous Civilian - Arcana - Around the World in ??? Days - Astra - Bay Area Le'Fout - Beulah's Scrapbook - Bixel Bunk - Blitherings - Bonfire - Booklist - British Fantasy Society Bulletin - Bronsonia - Buap! - Chartreuse and Shocking Pink - Cosmian World - Cosmic Booklet - Cosmic Circle Commentator - Cosmic Circle Monthly - Cosmic Circle White Paper - Cosmic Dust - Cosmique - Curved Space - Cushlamochree - Delirium Tremens - Devil Take the Hindmost - Diablerie - Dixie Phoenix - Doctor Ashley and Mr. Lowndes - Eccentric's Orbit - Ephemeron - FAPA Blotter - Fan - Fancyclopedia 1 - Fantast's Folly - Fantasy Forum - Felix - Fen - Fleeting Moments - FutuREsearch - Future Fandom Stories - Futuria - Futurian Advance - Gemini - Glom - History of the Future Index - Intelligence Quotient - Investigation in Newcastle - Invictus - Jack Speer and Fandom - Janus - Lamppost - Luna Pono - Mars - McSnoyd's Bulletin - Memoirs of a Superfluous Fan - Microcosmos - Midge - Nebula - New Concept - Open Letter re Pha - Open Letter to All Members of FAPA - Outlandi - Paradox - Personality Pamphlet - Phan - Polaris Memorial - Presenting -- Adam Singlesheet - Rosebud - Rouzine - SHANGRI-LUNA'FFAIRS - STF Comment - Sands of Time - Sardonyx - Sci-Fic Variety - Shottle Bop Card - So Saari - Songs for Sorrow and Beauty - Space=Time - Spicy Tellus - Star-Bound - Star-Studded Square Soothsayer - Stellar - Stinking Sudsy Stories - Tag-Line Musings? - Take-Off! - The Bedside Fassbeinder - The Knanve - The Mad Muse - The New Hieroglyph - The Nucleus - The Organization of Fandom - The Panty Raiser - The SF Democrat - The Stump - The Timebinder - The Works - These Amazing Amendments - Thoth - Toward Tomorrow - Twilight Echoes - Venus - Venus-Con - Vertigo - Wee Tome Tipper - What is S-F Fandom
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US:
"Far Centaurus" - Alan F. Beck - An Anonymous Civilian - Annette Carrico - Arcana - Arisia - Around the World in ??? Days - Astra - Bay Area Le'Fout - Beulah's Scrapbook - Bixel Bunk - Blake Maxam - Blitherings - Bonfire - Bronsonia - Buap! - Carol Severance - Chartreuse and Shocking Pink - Christopher Stasheff - Cosmian World - Cosmic Booklet - Cosmic Circle Commentator - Cosmic Circle Monthly - Cosmic Circle White Paper - Cosmic Dust - Cosmique - Curved Space - Cushlamochree - Dave Locke - David Feintuch - David Gerrold - Delirium Tremens - Devil Take the Hindmost - Diablerie - Dixie Phoenix - Doctor Ashley and Mr. Lowndes - Donna Haraway - Dovercon - Eccentric's Orbit - Eleen Tackett - Ephemeron - FAPA Blotter - Fan - Fancyclopedia 1 - Fantasy Forum - Felix - Fen - Fleeting Moments - FutuREsearch - Future Fandom Stories - Futuria - Futurian Advance - George Lucas - Ginjer Buchanan - Glen Cook - Glom - Harvey Greenblatt - History of the Future Index - Intelligence Quotient - Investigation in Newcastle - Invictus - Jack Chalker - Jack Speer and Fandom - Janus - Jeff Jones - Jim Martin - Katherine Kurtz - Little Chicon - Luna Pono - Mars - McSnoyd's Bulletin - Memoirs of a Superfluous Fan - Michicon 4 - Microcosmos - Midge - Molly Gloss - Nebula - New Concept - Open Letter re Pha - Open Letter to All Members of FAPA - Outlandi - P. J. Plauger - Paradox - Paul Freehafer - Personality Pamphlet - Phan - Phyllis Ann Karr - Planeteers - Polaris Memorial - Presenting -- Adam Singlesheet - Richard C. West - Rick Katze - Roger C. Schlobin - Rosebud - Rouzine - Rowena Morrill - SHANGRI-LUNA'FFAIRS - STF Comment - Sardonyx - Sci-Fic Variety - Shottle Bop Card - So Saari - Songs for Sorrow and Beauty - Space=Time - Spicy Tellus - Stanley Schmidt - Staplecon - Star-Bound - Star-Studded Square Soothsayer - Stellar - Stinking Sudsy Stories - Tag-Line Musings? - Take-Off! - Terry Brooks - The Bedside Fassbeinder - The Knanve - The Mad Muse - The New Hieroglyph - The Nucleus - The Organization of Fandom - The Panty Raiser - The SF Democrat - The Stump - The Timebinder - The Works - These Amazing Amendments - Third Fandom - Thoth - Toward Tomorrow - Twilight Echoes - Venus - Venus-Con - Vernor Vinge - Vertigo - Vulcan Publications - Wee Tome Tipper - What is S-F Fandom
Rest of the World:
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