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.

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Births and Deaths:

Alan F. Beck - Alistair Durie - Annette Carrico - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Blake Maxam - Bruce Pennington - Carol Severance - Chris Boyce - Christopher Stasheff - Damien Broderick - Dave Locke - David Feintuch - David Gerrold - David Wright O'Brien - Donna Haraway - Eddy C. Bertin - Eleen Tackett - Fred Hemmings - Gail Barton - Ginjer Buchanan - Glen Cook - Harry Andruschak - Harvey Greenblatt - Hen Flanders - Jack Chalker - Jeff Jones - Jim Martin - John Guidry - Jon Bing - Karen G. Jollie - Katherine Kurtz - Linda Strickler - Mike Don - 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 - Walt Sullivan

Convention series started or ended:

Buffalocon - Midvention - Staplecon

Onetime conventions:

Dovention - Eastercon - Little Chicon

Bids:

Publications started or ended:

Ad Infinitum - An Anonymous Civilian - Arcana - Around the World in ??? Days - Astra - Bay Area Le'Fout - Beulah's Scrapbook - Bixel Bunk - Black & White - Black Star - Blitherings - Bonfire - Booklist - British American Bulletin - British Fantasy Society Bulletin - Bronsonia - Buap! - Captain Future - Chartreuse and Shocking Pink - Claude Degler and the FAPA - Cosmian World - Cosmic Booklet - Cosmic Circle Commentator - Cosmic Circle Monthly - Cosmic Circle White Paper - Cosmic Dust - Cosmique - Curved Space - Cushlamochree - Cygni - Delirium Tremens - Devil Take the Hindmost - Diablerie - Dixie Phoenix - Doctor Ashley and Mr. Lowndes - Eccentric's Orbit - Emergency Flare - Ephemeron - FAPA Blotter - FAPA Index (Mailings 1-28) - Fan - Fan Slants - Fancyclopedia 1 - Fantast's Folly - Fantasy Forum - Felix - Fen - Fleeting Moments - FutuREsearch - Future Fandom Stories - Futuria - Futurian Advance - Futurian Letters - Gemini - Glom - History of the Future Index - Intelligence Quotient - Investigation in Newcastle - Invictus - Jack Speer and Fandom - Janus - Jody's Comic Courier - Lamppost - Luna Pono - Mars - McSnoyd's Bulletin - Membership Report - Memoirs of a Superfluous Fan - Microcosmos - Midge - Modern Michelist - Nebula - New Concept - Open Letter re Pha - Open Letter to All Members of FAPA - Outlandi - Paradox - Personality Pamphlet - Phan - Polaris - Presenting -- Adam Singlesheet - Report to Science Fiction Fandom: Jack Speer and the Anti-C. C. Campaign - Rosebud - Rouzine - STF Comment - Sands of Time - Sardonyx - Sci-Fic Variety - Shangri-Luna'Ffairs - 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 - Transactions of the Cosmos Club - Troy - Twilight Echoes - Unique - Venus - Venus-Con - Vertigo - Wee Tome Tipper - What is S-F Fandom

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

The Arisians - Planeteers - SI/ASFA

Fan History:

Fancyclopedia 1 - Memoirs of a Superfluous Fan - Vulcan Publications

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Damien Broderick

Britain:

Alistair Durie - Booklist - British Fantasy Society Bulletin - Bruce Pennington - Chris Boyce - Delirium Tremens - Eastercon - Fantast's Folly - Fred Hemmings - Gemini - Lamppost - Linda Strickler - Midvention - Midvention 2 - Mike Don - Sands of Time - Transactions of the Cosmos Club - Unique

Canada:

Hen Flanders

Europe:

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Eddy C. Bertin - Jon Bing

Ireland:

New Zealand:

US:

Ad Infinitum - Alan F. Beck - An Anonymous Civilian - Annette Carrico - Arcana - The Arisians - Around the World in ??? Days - Astra - Bay Area Le'Fout - Beulah's Scrapbook - Bixel Bunk - Black & White - Black Star - Blake Maxam - Blitherings - Bonfire - British American Bulletin - Bronsonia - Buap! - Buffalocon - Captain Future - Carol Severance - Chartreuse and Shocking Pink - Christopher Stasheff - Claude Degler and the FAPA - Cosmian World - Cosmic Booklet - Cosmic Circle Commentator - Cosmic Circle Monthly - Cosmic Circle White Paper - Cosmic Dust - Cosmique - Curved Space - Cushlamochree - Cygni - Dave Locke - David Feintuch - David Gerrold - David Wright O'Brien - Devil Take the Hindmost - Diablerie - Dixie Phoenix - Doctor Ashley and Mr. Lowndes - Donna Haraway - Dovention - Eccentric's Orbit - Eleen Tackett - Emergency Flare - Ephemeron - FAPA Blotter - FAPA Index (Mailings 1-28) - Fan - Fan Slants - Fancyclopedia 1 - Fantasy Forum - Felix - Fen - Fleeting Moments - FutuREsearch - Future Fandom Stories - Futuria - Futurian Advance - Futurian Letters - Gail Barton - Ginjer Buchanan - Glen Cook - Glom - Harry Andruschak - Harvey Greenblatt - History of the Future Index - Intelligence Quotient - Investigation in Newcastle - Invictus - Jack Chalker - Jack Speer and Fandom - Janus - Jeff Jones - Jim Martin - Jody's Comic Courier - John Guidry - Katherine Kurtz - Linda Strickler - Little Chicon - Luna Pono - Mars - McSnoyd's Bulletin - Membership Report - Memoirs of a Superfluous Fan - Michicon 4 - Microcosmos - Midge - Modern Michelist - 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 - Presenting -- Adam Singlesheet - Report to Science Fiction Fandom: Jack Speer and the Anti-C. C. Campaign - Richard C. West - Rick Katze - Roger C. Schlobin - Rosebud - Rouzine - Rowena Morrill - SI/ASFA - STF Comment - Sardonyx - Sci-Fic Variety - Shangri-Luna'Ffairs - 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 - Thoth - Toward Tomorrow - Troy - Twilight Echoes - Venus - Venus-Con - Vernor Vinge - Vertigo - Vulcan Publications - Walt Sullivan - Wee Tome Tipper - What is S-F Fandom

Rest of the World: