1961
| January | Slanapa founded |
| Easter | LXICON |
| April 12 | Yuri Gagarin orbits earth in Vostok 1 |
| August 22 | Ella Parker begins her Parker Pond Fund trip |
| September 2-4 (Labor Day) | Seacon (Worldcon) |
| Mirage Press founded. | |
| Ron Ellik TAFF trip. | |
| Birmingham Science Fiction Group founded. |
Births and Deaths:
A. J. Brockway - Adrian Kleinbergen - Alfred Guillory, Jr. - Arthur "Doc" Weir - Carl Juarez - Christopher James Priest - Chuck Devine - Clark Ashton Smith - Dave Mooring - Dave de Vries - David Levine - David Wayne Keller - Doug Bell - Ed Kramer - Elda Wheeler - Gillian Polack - Greg Egan - James Nicoll - Jasper Fforde - John Dallman - Kate Yule - Kent Brewster - Marianne de Pierres - Monica Stevens - Nalo Hopkinson - Norvell Page - Peter Jackson - Peter Wright - Randy Smith - Richard Garfinkle - Robert N. Stephenson - Tom Cardy - Tom Holt - Tommy Silverros - Vince Docherty - William Ledbetter
Convention series started or ended:
Onetime conventions:
Bids:
Publications started or ended:
Bane - Beyond - Bletherings - Bulletin of the Dorcas Bagby Society, Terminus, Owlswick, & Ft. Mudge Electrick Railway Timetable - Carboniferous Amateur Press Alliance - Churn - Clark Ashton Smith - Defenstration - Driftwood - Emanation - Envoy - EpiTAFF - Esprit - Fandoodle - Gimble - Goudy - Halfanthol - Ipso Facto - Jetstream - Kota - Ktp - Lockjaw - Logarithmic - Miscellany - Nazgul's Bane - Ophidian - Packrat - Prose of Kilimanjaro - QRM - Quantum - Random - Retribution - Running, Jumping, and Standing Still Fanzine - Science Fiction Club of London Club Combozine - Second Saturday After the First... - Self Preservation - The ATom Anthology - The Goon Goes West - The Honeymooners - Topee or Not Topee - Vert - Why Is a Fan? - YSFRG Newsletter - Zymurgy
Publishers founded or closed:
Awards made, started or ended:
Stores opened or closed:
Clubs founded or disbanded:
Fan History:
Miscellaneous:
Asia:
Australia:
Britain:
Arthur "Doc" Weir - Birmingham Science Fiction Group - Bletherings - Dave Mooring - Driftwood - Elda Wheeler - EpiTAFF - Esprit - Fandoodle - Goudy - IPSO - Ipso Facto - Jasper Fforde - Jetstream - John Dallman - LXICON - Lockjaw - Miscellany - Nazgul's Bane - Parker Pond Fund - Peter Wright - Prose of Kilimanjaro - Random - Retribution - Running, Jumping, and Standing Still Fanzine - Science Fiction Club of London Club Combozine - Second Saturday After the First... - The ATom Anthology - The Goon Goes West - Tom Holt - Vert - Vince Docherty - YSFRG Newsletter - Young Science Fiction Reading Group
Canada:
Europe:
Ireland:
New Zealand:
US:
1961 Open ESFA - A. J. Brockway - APA-X - Alfred Guillory, Jr. - Bane - Baycon - Baycon 2002 - Berkeley Bhoys - Beyond - Bulletin of the Dorcas Bagby Society, Terminus, Owlswick, & Ft. Mudge Electrick Railway Timetable - CRAP - Carboniferous Amateur Press Alliance - Carl Juarez - Christopher James Priest - Chuck Devine - Churn - Clark Ashton Smith - Consolacon - David Levine - David Wayne Keller - Defenstration - Disclave 7 - Doug Bell - Ed Kramer - Envoy - Gimble - Halfanthol - Index to the Science Fiction Magazines 1961 - Kate Yule - Kent Brewster - Kota - Ktp - Logarithmic - Lunacon 5 - Mathom House - Midwestcon 12 - Monica Stevens - Nalo Hopkinson - Norvell Page - Ophidian - Packrat - Philcon 1961 - Philcon 1962 - QRM - Randy Smith - Richard Garfinkle - SFPA - Seacon - Sam Moskowitz' Seacon Reminiscence - Self Preservation - Stranger in a Strange Land - The Complete Checklist of Science-Fiction Magazines - The Honeymooners - Topee or Not Topee - Why Is a Fan? - William Ledbetter - Zymurgy
Rest of the World:
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