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	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:

Angus Taylor - Bertil Mårtensson - Charles Platt - Charles Williams - Connie Willis - D. West - David Drake - Dean R. Koontz - Delphyne Joan Woods - E. R. Eddison - Ed Bryant - Eileen Gunn - Elizabeth Moon - George Zebrowski - Gordon Eklund - Ian Stewart - Jack Dann - Jack Gonzalez - James Turner - Jean Marie Stine - Jim Corrick - Joe Pumilia - Jon Gustafson - Joy Chant - Karl Edward Wagner - Katherine Neville - Kennedy Poyser - Larry Propp - Lois Lavender - M. John Harrison - Malcolm Jameson - Mark Owings - Michael Bishop - Miles J. Breuer - Oyvind Myhre - Peder Carlsson - Peggy Rae Sapienza - Rachel Pollack - Raymond E. Feist - Richard A. Hauptmann - Rob Chilson - Susan Petrey - Tom Ölander - Vincent Di Fate - Warren Norwood - Whitley Streiber

Convention series started or ended:

Michiconference

Onetime conventions:

Bids:

Publications started or ended:

A Checklist of Fantasy Magazines - AAGH! - After Ten Years -- A Tribute to Stanley G. Weinbaum - Banshee - Browsing - Caliban - Centauri - Directory of Anglo-Fandom - Discrete - Fandom on Parade - Fantasite - Fantasy Jackpot - Fanzine Readers Review - Four Fingers - Futurian War Digest - Gemini - Heeling Error - Immortal Storm - Introducing 'Dunk--' - Janus - Joe's Jottings - Leprechaun - Luna Pono - McSnoyd's Bulletin - Nonesuch - Number - QX - Rosebud - Sappho - Science Fiction Newsletter - Stefantasy - Stefnews - Tellus - The G.A.P.A Vanguard - The Science-Fiction World - The Scientifictionist - The Southern Star - Toward Tomorrow - Tumbrils - Twilight Echoes - Utopia - Vampire - X Document

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

1945 Retro Hugos

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Fan History:

Immortal Storm - Official Critics - X Document

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Jack Dann

Britain:

Browsing - Charles Williams - D. West - Directory of Anglo-Fandom - E. R. Eddison - Futurian War Digest - Gemini - Ian Stewart - Joy Chant - M. John Harrison - Nonesuch

Canada:

Angus Taylor

Europe:

Bertil Mårtensson - Oyvind Myhre - Tom Ölander

Ireland:

New Zealand:

US:

1945 Michiconference - A Checklist of Fantasy Magazines - AAGH! - After Ten Years -- A Tribute to Stanley G. Weinbaum - Banshee - Boskone IV - Boskone V - Caliban - Centauri - Charles Platt - Connie Willis - David Drake - Dean R. Koontz - Delphyne Joan Woods - Discrete - Ed Bryant - Eileen Gunn - Elizabeth Moon - Fandom on Parade - Fantasite - Fantasy Jackpot - Fanzine Readers Review - Four Fingers - George Zebrowski - Gordon Eklund - Heeling Error - Immortal Storm - Introducing 'Dunk--' - Jack Gonzalez - James Turner - Janus - Jean Marie Stine - Jim Corrick - Joe Pumilia - Joe's Jottings - Jon Gustafson - Karl Edward Wagner - Katherine Neville - Kennedy Poyser - Larry Propp - Leprechaun - Lois Lavender - Luna Pono - Malcolm Jameson - Mark Owings - McSnoyd's Bulletin - Michael Bishop - Michiconference - Miles J. Breuer - Number - Peder Carlsson - Peggy Rae Sapienza - QX - Rachel Pollack - Raymond E. Feist - Richard A. Hauptmann - Richard Hatch - Rob Chilson - Rosebud - Sappho - Science Fiction Newsletter - Stefantasy - Stefnews - Susan Petrey - Tellus - The G.A.P.A Vanguard - The Science-Fiction World - The Scientifictionist - The Southern Star - Toward Tomorrow - Tumbrils - Twilight Echoes - Utopia - Vampire - Vanguard - Vincent Di Fate - Warren Norwood - Whitley Streiber - X Document

Rest of the World: